Search for neutral MSSM Higgs bosons decaying to tau(+)tau(-) pairs in proton-proton collisions root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

G. Aad...[et al.], B. Abbott, J. Abdallah, Mogens Dam, Jørn Dines Hansen, Jørgen Beck Hansen, John Renner Hansen, Peter Henrik Hansen, Esben Bryndt Klinkby, Morten Dam Jørgensen, Troels Christian Petersen, Stefania Xella

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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±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 mA and tanβ.

Original languageEnglish
JournalPhysics Letters B
Volume705
Issue number3
Pages (from-to)174-192
ISSN0370-2693
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Nov 2011

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