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

CMS Collaboration, Freya Blekman, Jorgen D'Hondt, Jarne De Clercq, Giannis Flouris, Denys Lontkovskyi, Steven Lowette, Ivan Marchesini, Seth Moortgat, Lieselotte Moreels, Quentin Python, Kirill Skovpen, Stefaan Tavernier, Walter Van Doninck, Petra Van Mulders, Isis Marina Van Parijs, Douglas Burns

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Article number134992
Number of pages27
JournalPhys. Lett. B
Volume798
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Nov 2019

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Replaced with the published version. Added the journal reference. All the figures and tables can be found at http://cms-results.web.cern.ch/cms-results/public-results/publications/HIG-18-010 (CMS Public Pages)

Keywords

  • hep-ex

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