Search for Neutral Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model Higgs Bosons Decaying to Tau Pairs in pp Collisions at {radical}(s)=7 TeV

Journal Article · Fri Jun 10 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.106.231801· OSTI ID:21567445

Chatrchyan, S; Khachatryan, V; Sirunyan, A M; Tumasyan, A ^[1]; Adam, W; Bergauer, T; Dragicevic, M; Eroe, J; Fabjan, C; Friedl, M; Fruehwirth, R; Ghete, V M; Hammer, J; Haensel, S; Hoch, M; Hoermann, N; Hrubec, J; Jeitler, M; Kasieczka, G; Kiesenhofer, W ^[2]

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1. Yerevan Physics Institute, Yerevan (Armenia)
2. Institut fuer Hochenergiephysik der OeAW, Wien (Austria)

A search for neutral minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM) Higgs bosons in pp collisions at the LHC at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV is presented. The results are based on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36 pb{sup -1} recorded by the CMS experiment. The search uses decays of the Higgs bosons to tau pairs. No excess is observed in the tau-pair invariant-mass spectrum. The resulting upper limits on the Higgs boson production cross section times branching fraction to tau pairs, as a function of the pseudoscalar Higgs boson mass, yield stringent new bounds in the MSSM parameter space.

• OSTI ID: 21567445
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 23 Vol. 106; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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