Search for charged Higgs bosons in the H$^{\pm}$ $\to$ $\tau^{\pm}\nu_\tau$ decay channel in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 13 TeV

Bakhshiansohi, Hamed;Bondu, Olivier;Bruno, Giacomo;Caputo, Claudio;CMS Collaboration;et.al.
(2019) Journal of High Energy Physics — Vol. 1907, p. 142 (2019)

Files

190304560.pdf
  • Open Access
  • Adobe PDF
  • 729.11 KB

Details

Authors
  • Bakhshiansohi, HamedUCLouvain
    Author
  • Bondu, OlivierUCLouvain
    Author
  • Author
  • Caputo, ClaudioUCLouvain
    Author
  • David, PieterUCLouvain
    Author
  • Author
  • Delcourt, MartinUCLouvain
    Author
  • Author
  • Krintiras, GeorgiosUCLouvain
    Author
  • Author
  • Magitteri, AlessioUCLouvain
    Author
  • Piotrzkowski, KrzysztofUCLouvain
    Author
  • Saggio, AlessiaUCLouvain
    Author
  • Vidal Marono, MiguelUCLouvain
    Author
  • Vischia, PietroUCLouvain
    Author
  • Zobec, JozeUCLouvain
    Author
  • CMS Collaboration
    Author
  • et. al.
Show more
Abstract
A search is presented for charged Higgs bosons in the H$^{±}$ → τ$^{±}$ν$_{τ}$ decay mode in the hadronic final state and in final states with an electron or a muon. The search is based on proton-proton collision data marc:recorded by the CMS experiment in 2016 at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb$^{−1}$. The results agree with the background expectation from the standard model. Upper limits at 95% confidence level are set on the production cross section times branching fraction to τ$^{±}$ν$_{τ}$ for an H$^{±}$ in the mass range of 80GeV to 3TeV, including the region near the top quark mass. The observed limit ranges from 6 pb at 80 GeV to 5 fb at 3 TeV. The limits are interpreted in the context of the minimal supersymmetric standard model m$_{h}^{hod −}$ scenario.
Affiliations

Citations

Bakhshiansohi, H., Bondu, O., Bruno, G., Caputo, C., David, P., Delaere, C., Delcourt, M., Giammanco, A., Krintiras, G., Lemaitre, V., Magitteri, A., Piotrzkowski, K., Saggio, A., Vidal Marono, M., Vischia, P., Zobec, J., CMS Collaboration, & et al. (2019). Search for charged Higgs bosons in the H$^{\pm}$ $\to$ $\tau^{\pm}\nu_\tau$ decay channel in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 13 TeV. Journal of High Energy Physics, 1907, 142. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2019)142 (Original work published 2019)