2001/05/17 by André Holzner, Andre G. Holzner, Holzner, Andre G. · 1 citation
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #Particle Detector Development and Performance #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #hep-ex
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ex/0105045
4 pages, 4 figures, LaTex, to be published in the Proceedings of XXXVIth Rencontre de Moriond, Electroweak Interactions and Unified Theories, March 2001
arxiv created 2001/05/17 · openalex publication_date 2001/05/17 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The four LEP experiments Aleph, Delphi, L3 and Opal updated their searches for pair production of charged Higgs bosons using more than 210/pb luminosity collected per experiment in the year 2000. Combining it with previously collected data, a significant deviation from background (equivalent to 4.4 sigma) is found by the L3 collaboration for low values of the branching ratio H+/- -> tau nu around masses of about 68 GeV. This excess is however not seen by the other LEP collaborations and thus a lower limit on the charged Higgs mass is set at 78.5 GeV at 95% confidence level. All results reported here are still preliminary.