Search for neutral minimal supersymmetric standard model higgs bosons decaying to tau pairs in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV

Authors

S. A. Chatrchyan
V. Khachatryan
A. M. Sirunyan
Marc M. Baarmand
Marcus Hohlmann
H Kalakhety
Robert M. Ralich
Igor Vodopiyanov
B. Dorney
S. Guragain

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Physical Review Letters

Abstract

A search for neutral minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM) Higgs bosons in pp collisions at the LHC at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV is presented. The results are based on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36 pb 1 recorded by the CMS experiment. The search uses decays of the Higgs bosons to tau pairs. No excess is observed in the tau-pair invariant-mass spectrum. The resulting upper limits on the Higgs boson production cross section times branching fraction to tau pairs, as a function of the pseudoscalar Higgs boson mass, yield stringent new bounds in the MSSM parameter space.

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.231801

Publication Date

6-8-2011

Recommended Citation

Chatrchyan, S., Khachatryan, V., Sirunyan, A. M., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Bergauer, T., . . . Weinberg, M. (2011). Search for neutral minimal supersymmetric standard model higgs bosons decaying to tau pairs in pp collisions at √s=7TeV. Physical Review Letters, 106(23)