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Probing next-to-minimal-supersymmetric models with minimal fine tuning by searching for decays of the {upsilon} to a light CP-odd Higgs boson

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
 [1]; ;  [2]
  1. School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 (United States)
  2. Department of Physics, University of California at Davis, Davis, California 95616 (United States)
Completely natural electroweak symmetry breaking is easily achieved in supersymmetric models if there is a SM-like Higgs boson, h, with m{sub h} < or approx. 100 GeV. In the minimal supersymmetric model, such an h decays mainly to bb and is ruled out by LEP constraints. However, if the MSSM Higgs sector is expanded so that h decays mainly to still lighter Higgs bosons, e.g. h{yields}aa, with Br(h{yields}aa)>0.7, and if m{sub a}<2m{sub b}, then the LEP constraints are satisfied even if m{sub h} < or approx. 100 GeV. In this paper, we show that in the next-to-minimal supersymmetric model the above h and a properties (for the lightest CP-even and CP-odd Higgs bosons, respectively) imply a lower bound on Br({upsilon}{yields}{gamma}a) that dedicated runs at present (and future) B factories can explore.
OSTI ID:
21027666
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 76; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English