Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson in the H to tau+ tau- decay mode in sqrt(s) = 7 TeV pp collisions with ATLAS

Aad, Georges

doi:10.1007/JHEP11(2014)056

Title: Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson in the H to tau+ tau- decay mode in sqrt(s) = 7 TeV pp collisions with ATLAS

Journal Article · Wed Nov 12 00:00:00 EST 2014 · Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2014)056· OSTI ID:1140167

Aad, Georges ^[1]

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A search for the neutral Higgs bosons predicted by the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) is reported. The analysis is performed on data from proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV collected with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The samples used for this search were collected in 2012 and correspond to integrated luminosities in the range 19.5-20.3 fb^-1. The MSSM Higgs bosons are searched for in the τ τ final state. No significant excess over the expected background is observed, and exclusion limits are derived for the production cross section times branching fraction of a scalar particle as a function of its mass. The results are also interpreted in the MSSM parameter space for various benchmark scenarios.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Contributing Organization:: ATLAS Collaboration; The ATLAS collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; SC00112704; AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1140167

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1172102; OSTI ID: 1523992

Report Number(s):: SLAC-PUB-16019; BNL-107575-2015-JA; arXiv:1206.5971

Journal Information:: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online), Vol. 2014, Issue 11; ISSN 1029-8479

Publisher:: Springer BerlinCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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