Search for neutral MSSM Higgs bosons decaying to τ<sup>+</sup>τ<sup>−</sup> pairs in proton–proton collisions at √s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

ATLAS Collaboration

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2011.10.001

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Search for neutral MSSM Higgs bosons decaying to τ⁺τ⁻ pairs in proton–proton collisions at √s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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ATLAS Collaboration

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Physics letters. B, vol. 705, no. 3, p. 174-192

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2011

Abstract

A search for neutral Higgs bosons decaying to pairs of τ leptons with the ATLAS detector at the LHC is presented. The analysis is based on proton–proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV, recorded in 2010 and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36 pb−1. After signal selection, 276 events are observed in this data sample. The observed number of events is consistent with the total expected background of 269±36269±36 events. Exclusion limits at the 95% confidence level are derived for the production cross section of a generic Higgs boson ϕ as a function of the Higgs boson mass and for A/H/h production in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) as a function of the parameters mAmA and tanβ.

Keywords

Higgs boson
MSSM
Tau lepton

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Faculté des sciences / Section de physique / Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire

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ATLAS Collaboration. Search for neutral MSSM Higgs bosons decaying to τ⁺τ⁻ pairs in proton–proton collisions at √s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector. In: Physics letters. B, 2011, vol. 705, n° 3, p. 174–192. doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2011.10.001

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DOI : 10.1016/j.physletb.2011.10.001

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0370-2693

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Search for neutral MSSM Higgs bosons decaying to τ⁺τ⁻ pairs in proton–proton collisions at √s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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Search for neutral MSSM Higgs bosons decaying to τ+τ− pairs in proton–proton collisions at √s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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Search for neutral MSSM Higgs bosons decaying to τ⁺τ⁻ pairs in proton–proton collisions at √s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector