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Search for charged Higgs bosons decaying via H± → τ±ν in fully hadronic final states using pp collision data at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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The ATLAS collaboration, ; Aad, G; Abbott, B; Abdallah, J; Abdel Khalek, S; Abdinov, O; Aben, R; Abi, B; Abolins, M; AbouZeid, OS; Abreu, H ...
Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics
March 17, 2015

Abstract: The results of a search for charged Higgs bosons decaying to a τ lepton and a neutrino, H± → τ±ν, are presented. The analysis is based on 19.5 fb−1 of proton-proton collision data at s$$ \sqrt{s} $$ = 8 TeV collected by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. Charged Higgs bosons are searched for in events consistent with top-quark pair production or in associated production with a top quark, depending on the considered H± mass. The final state is characterised by the presence of a hadronic τ decay, missing transverse momentum, b-tagged jets, a hadronically decaying W boson, and the absence of any isolated electrons or muons with high transverse momenta. The data are consistent with the expected background from Standard Model processes. A statistical analysis leads to 95% confidence-level upper limits on the product of branching ratios ℬ(t → bH±) × ℬ(H± → τ±ν), between 0.23% and 1.3% for charged Higgs boson masses in the range 80-160GeV. It also leads to 95% confidence-level upper limits on the production cross section times branching ratio, σ(pp → tH± + X) × ℬ(H± → τ±ν), between 0.76 pb and 4.5 fb, for charged Higgs boson masses ranging from 180 GeV to 1000 GeV. In the context of different scenarios of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model, these results exclude nearly all values of tan β above one for charged Higgs boson masses between 80 GeV and 160 GeV, and exclude a region of parameter space with high tan β for H± masses between 200 GeV and 250 GeV.[Figure not available: see fulltext.]

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Journal of High Energy Physics

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1029-8479

Publication Date

March 17, 2015

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2015

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3

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5106 Nuclear and plasma physics
  • 4902 Mathematical physics
  • 0206 Quantum Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0105 Mathematical Physics
 

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The ATLAS collaboration, ., Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdel Khalek, S., Abdinov, O., … Arnold, H. (2015). Search for charged Higgs bosons decaying via H± → τ±ν in fully hadronic final states using pp collision data at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2015(3). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2015)088
The ATLAS collaboration, Kevin D., G. Aad, B. Abbott, J. Abdallah, S. Abdel Khalek, O. Abdinov, R. Aben, et al. “Search for charged Higgs bosons decaying via H± → τ±ν in fully hadronic final states using pp collision data at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector.” Journal of High Energy Physics 2015, no. 3 (March 17, 2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2015)088.
The ATLAS collaboration, Aad G, Abbott B, Abdallah J, Abdel Khalek S, Abdinov O, et al. Search for charged Higgs bosons decaying via H± → τ±ν in fully hadronic final states using pp collision data at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2015 Mar 17;2015(3).
The ATLAS collaboration, Kevin D., et al. “Search for charged Higgs bosons decaying via H± → τ±ν in fully hadronic final states using pp collision data at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector.” Journal of High Energy Physics, vol. 2015, no. 3, Mar. 2015. Scopus, doi:10.1007/JHEP03(2015)088.
The ATLAS collaboration, Aad G, Abbott B, Abdallah J, Abdel Khalek S, Abdinov O, Aben R, Abi B, Abolins M, AbouZeid OS, Abramowicz H, Abreu H, Abreu R, Abulaiti Y, Acharya BS, Adamczyk L, Adams DL, Adelman J, Adomeit S, Adye T, Agatonovic-Jovin T, Aguilar-Saavedra JA, Agustoni M, Ahlen SP, Ahmadov F, Aielli G, Akerstedt H, Åkesson TPA, Akimoto G, Akimov AV, Alberghi GL, Albert J, Albrand S, Alconada Verzini MJ, Aleksa M, Aleksandrov IN, Alexa C, Alexander G, Alexandre G, Alexopoulos T, Alhroob M, Alimonti G, Alio L, Alison J, Allbrooke BMM, Allison LJ, Allport PP, Aloisio A, Alonso A, Alonso F, Alpigiani C, Altheimer A, Alvarez Gonzalez B, Alviggi MG, Amako K, Amaral Coutinho Y, Amelung C, Amidei D, Amor Dos Santos SP, Amorim A, Amoroso S, Amram N, Amundsen G, Anastopoulos C, Ancu LS, Andari N, Andeen T, Anders CF, Anders G, Anderson KJ, Andreazza A, Andrei V, Anduaga XS, Angelidakis S, Angelozzi I, Anger P, Angerami A, Anghinolfi F, Anisenkov AV, Anjos N, Annovi A, Antonelli M, Antonov A, Antos J, Anulli F, Aoki M, Aperio Bella L, Arabidze G, Aracena I, Arai Y, Araque JP, Arce ATH, Arduh FA, Arguin JF, Argyropoulos S, Arik M, Armbruster AJ, Arnaez O, Arnal V, Arnold H. Search for charged Higgs bosons decaying via H± → τ±ν in fully hadronic final states using pp collision data at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2015 Mar 17;2015(3).
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Published In

Journal of High Energy Physics

DOI

EISSN

1029-8479

Publication Date

March 17, 2015

Volume

2015

Issue

3

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5106 Nuclear and plasma physics
  • 4902 Mathematical physics
  • 0206 Quantum Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0105 Mathematical Physics