Search for MSSM Higgs Bosons Decaying to μ+μ− in Proton-Proton Collisions at √s = 13  TeV

Physics Letters B 2019
Viesturs Veckalns, et al 100

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 13 TeV were 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 bb‾ quark pair. No significant deviations from the standard model expectation are observed. Upper limits at 95% confidence level are set in the context of the mhmod+ and phenomenological MSSM scenarios on the parameter tan⁡β as a function of the mass of the pseudoscalar A boson, in the range from 130 to 600 GeV. 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 b quarks, in the mass range from 130 to 1000 GeV.

Keywords
BSM, CMS, Higgs, Model independent, MSSM, Muon
DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2019.134992
Hyperlink
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269319307142?via%3Dihub

Veckalns, V., 100, e. Search for MSSM Higgs Bosons Decaying to μ+μ− in Proton-Proton Collisions at √s = 13  TeV. Physics Letters B, 2019, Vol. 798, pp.1-10. ISSN 0370-2693. Available from: doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2019.134992

Publication language
English (en)