Search for a charged Higgs boson in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV

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Abstract

A search for a charged Higgs boson is performed with a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 ± 0.5 fb−1 collected with the CMS detector in proton-proton collisions at √s= 8,TeV. The charged Higgs boson is searched for in top quark decays for mH± < mt − mb, and in the direct production pp → t(b)H± for mH± > mt − mb. The H± → τ±ντ and H± → tb decay modes in the final states τh+jets, μτh, ℓ+jets, and ℓℓ’ (ℓ =e, μ) are considered in the search. No signal is observed and 95% confidence level upper limits are set on the charged Higgs boson production. A model-independent upper limit on the product branching fraction (Formula presented.) is obtained in the mass range mH± = 80–160 GeV, while the upper limit on the cross section times branching fraction (Formula presented.) is set in the mass range mH+ = 180–600 GeV. Here, σ(pp → t(b)H±) stands for the cross section sum (Formula presented.), an upper limit on σ(pp → t(b)H±) of 2.0–0.13 pb is set for mH± = 180–600 GeV. The combination of all considered decay modes and final states is used to set exclusion limits in the mH±−tan β parameter space in different MSSM benchmark scenarios.

Original languageEnglish
Article number18
Pages (from-to)1-64
Number of pages64
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2015
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 1 2015

Keywords

  • Hadron-Hadron Scattering
  • Higgs physics
  • Supersymmetry

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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