The Scope of the 4 tau Channel in Higgs-strahlung and Vector Boson Fusion for the NMSSM No-Lose Theorem at the LHC

2008/05/22 by A. Belyaev, Belyaev, Alexander, S. Hesselbach +9 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0805.3505

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Abstract

We study the potential of the h₁ -> a₁ a₁ -> 4 tau signal from the lightest scalar (h₁) and pseudoscalar (a₁) Higgs bosons to cover the parameter space of the Next-to-Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (NMSSM) at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). We exploit a 2 mu + 2 jets signature from four taus decays (accompanied by missing transverse energy), resorting to both Higgs-strahlung (HS), by triggering on leptonic W^± decays, and Vector Boson Fusion (VBF), by triggering on two same sign non-isolated muons.

Citations

• Towards a No-Lose Theorem for NMSSM Higgs Discovery at the LHC
• The Higgs Working Group: Summary Report

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• The Next-to-Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model: an overview

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