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Johan Rathsman by the sea

Johan Rathsman

Senior lecturer

Johan Rathsman by the sea

Closing the Window on Light Charged Higgs Bosons in the NMSSM

Author

  • Johan Rathsman
  • Thomas Rössler

Summary, in English

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.

Department/s

  • Theoretical Particle Physics - Has been reorganised

Publishing year

2012

Language

English

Publication/Series

Advances in High Energy Physics

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Hindawi Limited

Topic

  • Subatomic Physics

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1687-7357