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Title: Search for the neutral MSSM Higgs bosons in the ditau decay channels at CDF Run II

Thesis/Dissertation ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/953708· OSTI ID:953708

This thesis presents the results on a search for the neutral MSSM Higgs bosons decaying to tau pairs, with least one of these taus decays leptonically. The search was performed with a sample of 1.8 fb-1 of proton-antiproton collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV provided by the Tevatron and collected by CDF Run II. No significant excess over the Standard Model prediction was found and a 95% confidence level exclusion limit have been set on the cross section times branching ratio as a function of the Higgs boson mass. This limit has been translated into the MSSM Higgs sector parameter plane, tanβ vs. MA, for the four different benchmark scenarios.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
953708
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-THESIS-2008-86; TRN: US1001342
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English