Search for neutral MSSM Higgs bosons decaying to a pair of tau leptons in pp collisions
Abstract
Our 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. Lastly, upper limits on the cross section times branching fraction for gluon fusion and b-quark associated Higgs boson production are also given.
- Authors:
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- Yerevan Physics Inst. (YerPhI) (Armenia). et al.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- Contributing Org.:
- CMS Collaboration
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1234842
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-PUB-14-318-CMS; CERN-PH-EP-2014-192; CMS-HIG-13-021
Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479; arXiv eprint number arXiv:1408.3316; TRN: US1500491
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 2014; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479
- Publisher:
- Springer Berlin
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
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Khachatryan, Vardan. Search for neutral MSSM Higgs bosons decaying to a pair of tau leptons in pp collisions. United States: N. p., 2014.
Web. doi:10.1007/JHEP10(2014)160.
Khachatryan, Vardan. Search for neutral MSSM Higgs bosons decaying to a pair of tau leptons in pp collisions. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2014)160
Khachatryan, Vardan. Tue .
"Search for neutral MSSM Higgs bosons decaying to a pair of tau leptons in pp collisions". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2014)160. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1234842.
@article{osti_1234842,
title = {Search for neutral MSSM Higgs bosons decaying to a pair of tau leptons in pp collisions},
author = {Khachatryan, Vardan},
abstractNote = {Our 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 hmod - , light-stop, light-stau, τ-phobic, and low-m H. Lastly, upper limits on the cross section times branching fraction for gluon fusion and b-quark associated Higgs boson production are also given.},
doi = {10.1007/JHEP10(2014)160},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1234842},
journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)},
issn = {1029-8479},
number = 10,
volume = 2014,
place = {United States},
year = {2014},
month = {10}
}
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Figure 1: Leading-order diagrams of the gluon fusion (left) and b-quark associated Higgs boson production, in the four-flavor (center) and the five-flavor (right) scheme.
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