Search for MSSM Higgs bosons decaying to μ+μ− in proton-proton collisions at √ s = 13 TeV

© 2019 The Author(s). A search is performed for neutral non-standard-model Higgs bosons decaying to two muons in the context of the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM). Proton-proton collision data recorded by the CMS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider at a center-of-mass energy o...

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description © 2019 The Author(s). A search is performed for neutral non-standard-model Higgs bosons decaying to two muons in the context of the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM). Proton-proton collision data recorded by the CMS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider at a center-of-mass energy of 13TeVwere used, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9fb-1. The search is sensitive to neutral Higgs bosons produced via the gluon fusion process or in association with a bbquark pair. No significant deviations from the standard model expectation are observed. Upper limits at 95% confidence level are set in the context of the mmod+hand phenomenological MSSM scenarios on the parameter tanβas a function of the mass of the pseudoscalar Aboson, in the range from 130 to 600GeV. The results are also used to set a model-independent limit on the product of the branching fraction for the decay into a muon pair and the cross section for the production of a scalar neutral boson, either via gluon fusion, or in association with bquarks, in the mass range from 130 to 1000GeV.
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spelling mit-1721.1/1337572022-10-01T00:42:20Z Search for MSSM Higgs bosons decaying to μ+μ− in proton-proton collisions at √ s = 13 TeV © 2019 The Author(s). A search is performed for neutral non-standard-model Higgs bosons decaying to two muons in the context of the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM). Proton-proton collision data recorded by the CMS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider at a center-of-mass energy of 13TeVwere used, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9fb-1. The search is sensitive to neutral Higgs bosons produced via the gluon fusion process or in association with a bbquark pair. No significant deviations from the standard model expectation are observed. Upper limits at 95% confidence level are set in the context of the mmod+hand phenomenological MSSM scenarios on the parameter tanβas a function of the mass of the pseudoscalar Aboson, in the range from 130 to 600GeV. The results are also used to set a model-independent limit on the product of the branching fraction for the decay into a muon pair and the cross section for the production of a scalar neutral boson, either via gluon fusion, or in association with bquarks, in the mass range from 130 to 1000GeV. 2021-10-27T19:56:29Z 2021-10-27T19:56:29Z 2019 2020-11-20T16:00:20Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/133757 en 10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2019.134992 Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ application/pdf Elsevier BV Elsevier
spellingShingle Search for MSSM Higgs bosons decaying to μ+μ− in proton-proton collisions at √ s = 13 TeV
title Search for MSSM Higgs bosons decaying to μ+μ− in proton-proton collisions at √ s = 13 TeV
title_full Search for MSSM Higgs bosons decaying to μ+μ− in proton-proton collisions at √ s = 13 TeV
title_fullStr Search for MSSM Higgs bosons decaying to μ+μ− in proton-proton collisions at √ s = 13 TeV
title_full_unstemmed Search for MSSM Higgs bosons decaying to μ+μ− in proton-proton collisions at √ s = 13 TeV
title_short Search for MSSM Higgs bosons decaying to μ+μ− in proton-proton collisions at √ s = 13 TeV
title_sort search for mssm higgs bosons decaying to μ μ in proton proton collisions at √ s 13 tev
url https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/133757