Search for charged Higgs bosons decaying via H-+/- -> tau nu in t(t)over-bar events using pp collision data at root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

G. Aad, B. Abbott, Mogens Dam, Jørgen Beck Hansen, Peter Henrik Hansen, John Renner Hansen, Jørn Dines Hansen, Simon Johann Franz Heisterkamp, Nele Maria Philomena Boelaert, Morten Dam Jørgensen, Esben Bryndt Klinkby, Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen, Sascha Mehlhase, Björn Stefan Nilsson, Troels Christian Petersen, Stefania Xella

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Abstract

The results of a search for charged Higgs bosons are presented. The analysis is based on 4.6 fb?1 of proton-proton collision data at √s = 7TeV collected by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, using top quark pair events with a τ lepton in the final state. The data are consistent with the expected background from Standard Model processes. Assuming that the branching ratio of the charged Higgs boson to a τ lepton and a neutrino is 100%, this leads to upper limits on the branching ratio of top quark decays to a b quark and a charged Higgs boson between 5% and 1% for charged Higgs boson masses ranging from 90GeV to 160GeV, respectively. In the context of the mhmaxscenario of the MSSM, tan β above 12-26, as well as between 1 and 2-6, can be excluded for charged Higgs boson masses between 90GeV and 150GeV. Copyright CERN.

Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Volume2012
Issue number6
Pages (from-to)039
ISSN1126-6708
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2012

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