Search for neutral MSSM Higgs bosons decaying to a pair of tau leptons in pp collisions
Abstract
A search for neutral Higgs bosons in the minimal supersymmetric extension of the standard model (MSSM) decaying to tau-lepton pairs in pp collisions is performed, using events recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC. The dataset corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 24.6 fb−1, with 4.9 fb−1 at 7 TeV and 19.7 fb−1 at 8 TeV. To enhance the sensitivity to neutral MSSM Higgs bosons, the search includes the case where the Higgs boson is produced in association with a b-quark jet. No excess is observed in the tau-lepton-pair invariant mass spectrum. Exclusion limits are presented in the MSSM parameter space for different benchmark scenarios, m h max , m h mod + , m h mod − , light-stop, light-stau, τ-phobic, and low-m H. Upper limits on the cross section times branching fraction for gluon fusion and b-quark associated Higgs boson production are also given. Show more
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https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000092032Publication status
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Journal of High Energy PhysicsVolume
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53 p.Subject
Supersymmetry; Hadron-Hadron Scattering; Higgs physicsOrganisational unit
03381 - Pauss, Felicitas (emeritus)
03904 - Wallny, Rainer / Wallny, Rainer
08803 - Grab, Christoph (Tit.Prof.)
03593 - Dissertori, Günther / Dissertori, Günther
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