Search for neutral MSSM Higgs bosons decaying to τ + τ − pairs in proton–proton collisions at s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
Here, a search for neutral Higgs bosons decaying to pairs of τ leptons with the ATLAS detector at the LHC is presented. The analysis is based on proton–proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV, recorded in 2010 and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36 pb–1. After signal selection, 276 events are observed in this data sample. The observed number of events is consistent with the total expected background of 269 ± 36 events. Exclusion limits at the 95% confidence level are derived for the production cross section of a generic Higgs boson Φ as a function of the Higgs boson mass and for A/H/h production in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) as a function of the parameters mA and tan β.
- Research Organization:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- Contributing Organization:
- ATLAS Collaboration
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515
- OSTI ID:
- 1213898
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1380208
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-PUB-17048; S0370269311012330; PII: S0370269311012330
- Journal Information:
- Physics Letters B, Vol. 705, Issue 3; ISSN 0370-2693
- Publisher:
- ElsevierCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- Netherlands
- Language:
- English
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