Search for neutral MSSM Higgs bosons decaying to a pair of tau leptons in pp collisions

V. Matveev; V. Khachatryan; A. M. Sirunyan; A. Tumasyan; W. Adam; T. Bergauer; M. Dragicevic; J. Erö; C. Fabjan; M. Friedl; R. Frühwirth; V. M. Ghete; C. Hartl; N. Hörmann; J. Hrubec; M. Jeitler; W. Kiesenhofer; V. Knünz; M. Krammer; I. Krätschmer; D. Liko; I. Mikulec; D. Rabady; B. Rahbaran; H. Rohringer; R. Schöfbeck; J. Strauss; A. Taurok; W. Treberer-Treberspurg; W. Waltenberger; C. E. Wulz; V. Mossolov; N. Shumeiko; J. Suarez Gonzalez; S. Alderweireldt; M. Bansal; S. Bansal; T. Cornelis; E. A. De Wolf; X. Janssen; A. Knutsson; S. Luyckx; S. Ochesanu; R. Rougny; M. Van De Klundert; H. Van Haevermaet; P. Van Mechelen; N. Van Remortel; A. Van Spilbeeck; A. Radi; The CMS Collaboration

doi:10.1007/JHEP10(2014)160

Search for neutral MSSM Higgs bosons decaying to a pair of tau leptons in pp collisions

V. Matveev, V. Khachatryan, A. M. Sirunyan, A. Tumasyan, W. Adam, T. Bergauer, M. Dragicevic, J. Erö, C. Fabjan, M. Friedl, R. Frühwirth, V. M. Ghete, C. Hartl, N. Hörmann, J. Hrubec, M. Jeitler, W. Kiesenhofer, V. Knünz, M. Krammer, I. KrätschmerD. Liko, I. Mikulec, D. Rabady, B. Rahbaran, H. Rohringer, R. Schöfbeck, J. Strauss, A. Taurok, W. Treberer-Treberspurg, W. Waltenberger, C. E. Wulz, V. Mossolov, N. Shumeiko, J. Suarez Gonzalez, S. Alderweireldt, M. Bansal, S. Bansal, T. Cornelis, E. A. De Wolf, X. Janssen, A. Knutsson, S. Luyckx, S. Ochesanu, R. Rougny, M. Van De Klundert, H. Van Haevermaet, P. Van Mechelen, N. Van Remortel, A. Van Spilbeeck, A. Radi, The CMS Collaboration

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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, m_h ^max, m_h ^{mod +}, m_h ^{mod −}, light-stop, light-stau, τ-phobic, and low-m_H. Upper limits on the cross section times branching fraction for gluon fusion and b-quark associated Higgs boson production are also given.

Original language	English
Article number	160
Journal	Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume	2014
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2014)160
Publication status	Published - 2014

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Hadron-Hadron Scattering
Higgs physics
Supersymmetry

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Matveev, V., Khachatryan, V., Sirunyan, A. M., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Bergauer, T., Dragicevic, M., Erö, J., Fabjan, C., Friedl, M., Frühwirth, R., Ghete, V. M., Hartl, C., Hörmann, N., Hrubec, J., Jeitler, M., Kiesenhofer, W., Knünz, V., Krammer, M., ... The CMS Collaboration (2014). Search for neutral MSSM Higgs bosons decaying to a pair of tau leptons in pp collisions. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2014(10), Article 160. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2014)160

Matveev, V, Khachatryan, V, Sirunyan, AM, Tumasyan, A, Adam, W, Bergauer, T, Dragicevic, M, Erö, J, Fabjan, C, Friedl, M, Frühwirth, R, Ghete, VM, Hartl, C, Hörmann, N, Hrubec, J, Jeitler, M, Kiesenhofer, W, Knünz, V, Krammer, M, Krätschmer, I, Liko, D, Mikulec, I, Rabady, D, Rahbaran, B, Rohringer, H, Schöfbeck, R, Strauss, J, Taurok, A, Treberer-Treberspurg, W, Waltenberger, W, Wulz, CE, Mossolov, V, Shumeiko, N, Suarez Gonzalez, J, Alderweireldt, S, Bansal, M, Bansal, S, Cornelis, T, De Wolf, EA, Janssen, X, Knutsson, A, Luyckx, S, Ochesanu, S, Rougny, R, Van De Klundert, M, Van Haevermaet, H, Van Mechelen, P, Van Remortel, N, Van Spilbeeck, A, Radi, A & The CMS Collaboration 2014, '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, 160. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2014)160

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