Search for neutral MSSM Higgs bosons decaying to a pair of tau leptons in pp collisions
Journal of High Energy Physics, vol.2014, no.10, 2014 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 2014 Issue: 10
- Publication Date: 2014
- Doi Number: 10.1007/jhep10(2014)160
- Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Keywords: Supersymmetry, Hadron-Hadron Scattering, Higgs physics, BENCHMARK SCENARIOS, BROKEN SYMMETRIES, STANDARD MODEL, PROGRAM, MASSES, LHC, EXTENSION, WEAK
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Anadolu University Affiliated: No
Abstract
© 2014, The Author(s).Abstract: A search for neutral Higgs bosons in the minimal supersymmetric extension of the standard model (MSSM) decaying to tau-lepton pairs in pp collisions is performed, using events recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC. The dataset corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 24.6 fb−1, with 4.9 fb−1 at 7 TeV and 19.7 fb−1 at 8 TeV. To enhance the sensitivity to neutral MSSM Higgs bosons, the search includes the case where the Higgs boson is produced in association with a b-quark jet. No excess is observed in the tau-lepton-pair invariant mass spectrum. Exclusion limits are presented in the MSSM parameter space for different benchmark scenarios, mh max, mh mod +, mh mod −, light-stop, light-stau, τ-phobic, and low-mH. Upper limits on the cross section times branching fraction for gluon fusion and b-quark associated Higgs boson production are also given.