Search for a charged Higgs boson decaying into a heavy neutral Higgs boson and a W boson in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV

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Search for charged Higgs bosons H+ decaying into a heavy neutral Higgs boson H and a W boson. The analysis targets the H decay into a pair of tau leptons with at least one of them decaying hadronically and with an additional electron or muon present in the event. The search is based on proton-proton collision data recorded by the CMS experiment during 2016-2018 at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV (138 fb^-1, 2016--2018) with the CMS experiment. The data are consistent with standard model background expectations. Upper limits at 95% confidence level are set on the product of the cross section and branching fraction for an H+ (or H-) in the mass range of 300-700 GeV, assuming an H with a mass of 200 GeV. The observed limits range from 0.085 pb for an H+ mass of 300 GeV to 0.019 pb for a mass of 700 GeV. These are the first limits on H+ production in the H+ to HW+ decay channel at the LHC.
Datum van beschikbaarheid17 apr 2023
UitgeverHEPData

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