Higgs properties in the fourth-generation MSSM: Boosted signals over the three-generation plan

Journal Article · Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.84.075019· OSTI ID:21607822

Cotta, R C; Hewett, J L; Ismail, A; Le, M -P; Rizzo, T G ^[1]

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1. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025 (United States)

The generalization of the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM) to the case of four chiral fermion generations (4GMSSM) can lead to significant changes in the phenomenology of the otherwise familiar Higgs sector. In most of the 3GMSSM parameter space, the lighter CP-even h is {approx}115-125 GeV and mostly standard model-like while H, A, H{sup {+-}} are all relatively heavy. Furthermore, the ratio of Higgs vacuum expectation values, tan{beta}, is relatively unconstrained. In contrast to this, in the 4GMSSM, heavy fourth-generation fermion loops drive the masses of h, H, H{sup {+-}} to large values while the CP-odd boson, A, can remain relatively light and tan{beta} is restricted to the range 1/2 < or approx. tan{beta} < or approx. 2 due to perturbativity requirements on Yukawa couplings. We explore this scenario in some detail, concentrating on the collider signatures of the light CP-odd Higgs at both the Tevatron and LHC. We find that while gg{yields}A may lead to a potential signal in the {tau}{sup +}{tau}{sup -} channel at the LHC, A might first be observed in the {gamma}{gamma} channel due to a highly loop-enhanced cross section that can be more than an order of magnitude greater than that of a SM Higgs for A masses of {approx}100-150 GeV and tan{beta}<1. We find that the CP-even states h, H are highly mixed and can have atypical branching fractions. Precision electroweak constraints, particularly for the light A parameter space region, are examined in detail.

• OSTI ID: 21607822
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 84, Issue 7; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.84.075019; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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