A Search for Pair Produced Charged Higgs Bosons in Z0\Z^0 Decays

Collaboration
Mar, 1990
12 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 241 (1990) 623-634
  • Published: 1990
Report number:
  • CERN-EP-90-34
Experiments:

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
A search for pair-produced charged Higgs bosons in decays of the Z 0 has been performed using the ALEPH detector at LEP for the decay channels H + H − → ν τ ν τ, H + H − → ντ cs and H + H − → c s c s . Searches for two additional decay channels in which cs is replaced by cb were also performed. With 1.17 pb −1 of integrated luminosity, corresponding to about 25 000 hadronic decays of the Z 0 , the charged Higgs has been excluded at 95% CL in the mass range 7.6 to 43.0 GeV for BR[H ± → ντ ] = 100%, 8.3 to 40.6 GeV for BR[H ± → ντ ] = BR[H ± →cs] = 50%, and 14.4 to 35.4 GeV for BR[H ± →cs] = 100% . With cs replaced by cb, the charged Higgs has been excluded at 95% CL in the mass range 12.0 to 40.7 GeV for BR[H ± → ντ ] = BR[H ± →cb] = 50%, and 16.2 to 35.7 GeV for BR[H ± →cb] = 100%.
  • electron positron: colliding beams
  • colliding beams: electron positron
  • electron positron: annihilation
  • annihilation: electron positron
  • Z0: electroproduction
  • electroproduction: Z0
  • Z0: nonleptonic decay
  • nonleptonic decay: Z0
  • Higgs particle: pair production
  • pair production: Higgs particle