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Closing the Window on Light Charged Higgs Bosons in the NMSSM

Rathsman, Johan LU and Rössler, Thomas LU (2012) In Advances in High Energy Physics
Abstract
In the Next-to-Minimal SuperSymmetric Model (NMSSM) the lightest CP-odd Higgs bosons (a(1)) can be very light. As a consequence, in addition to the standard charged Higgs boson (h(+/-)) decays considered in the MSSM for a light charged Higgs (m(h +/-) < m(t)), the branching fraction for h(+/-) -> a(1)W can be dominant. We investigate how this signal can be searched for in t<(t)over bar> production at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in the case that (m(a1) greater than or similar to 2m(B)) with the a(1) giving rise to a single b (b) over bar -jet and discuss to what extent the LHC experiments are able to discover such a scenario with an integrated luminosity similar to 20 fb(-1). We also discuss the implications of the possible... (More)
In the Next-to-Minimal SuperSymmetric Model (NMSSM) the lightest CP-odd Higgs bosons (a(1)) can be very light. As a consequence, in addition to the standard charged Higgs boson (h(+/-)) decays considered in the MSSM for a light charged Higgs (m(h +/-) < m(t)), the branching fraction for h(+/-) -> a(1)W can be dominant. We investigate how this signal can be searched for in t<(t)over bar> production at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in the case that (m(a1) greater than or similar to 2m(B)) with the a(1) giving rise to a single b (b) over bar -jet and discuss to what extent the LHC experiments are able to discover such a scenario with an integrated luminosity similar to 20 fb(-1). We also discuss the implications of the possible Higgs-signal observed at the LHC. (Less)
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1687-7357
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10.1155/2012/853706
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  author       = {{Rathsman, Johan and Rössler, Thomas}},
  issn         = {{1687-7357}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{John Wiley & Sons Inc.}},
  series       = {{Advances in High Energy Physics}},
  title        = {{Closing the Window on Light Charged Higgs Bosons in the NMSSM}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/853706}},
  doi          = {{10.1155/2012/853706}},
  year         = {{2012}},
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