Search for charged Higgs bosons at LEP in general two Higgs doublet models

A search for pair-produced charged Higgs bosons was performed in the data collected by the DELPHI detector at LEP II at centre-of-mass energies from 189 GeV to 209 GeV. Five different final states, τ+νττ -ν̄τ, cs̄c̄s, cs̄τ -ν̄τ, W*AW*A and W*Aτ-ν̄τ were considered, accounting for the major expected...

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Glavni autori: Abdallah, J, Abreu, P, Adam, W, Adzic, P, Albrecht, T, Alderweireld, T, Alemany-Fernandez, R, Allmendinger, T, Allport, P, Amaldi, U, Amapane, N, Amato, S, Anashkin, E, Andreazza, A, Andringa, S, Anjos, N, Antilogus, P, Apel, W, Arnoud, Y, Ask, S, Asman, B, Augustin, E, Augustinus, A, Baillon, P, Ballestrero, A
Format: Journal article
Jezik:English
Izdano: 2004
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Sažetak:A search for pair-produced charged Higgs bosons was performed in the data collected by the DELPHI detector at LEP II at centre-of-mass energies from 189 GeV to 209 GeV. Five different final states, τ+νττ -ν̄τ, cs̄c̄s, cs̄τ -ν̄τ, W*AW*A and W*Aτ-ν̄τ were considered, accounting for the major expected decays in type I and type II Two Higgs Doublet Models. No significant excess of data compared to the expected Standard Model processes was observed. The existence of a charged Higgs boson with mass lower than 76.7 GeV/c2 (type I) or 74.4 GeV/c2 (type II) is excluded at the 95% confidence level, for a wide range of the model parameters. Model independent cross-section limits have also been calculated.