Search for the neutral Higgs bosons of the MSSM in e+ e- collisions at s**(1/2) from 130-GeV to 172-GeV

Collaboration
Jun, 1997
17 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 412 (1997) 173-188
Report number:
  • CERN-PPE-97-071,
  • CERN-PPE-97-71,
  • FSU-SCRI-98-10
Experiments:

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
The process e + e − → hA is used to search for the Higgs bosons of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM), in the b b b b and τ + τ − b b final states. The search is performed in the data collected by the ALEPH experiment at LEP, at centre-of-mass energies between 130 and 172 GeV and with a total luminosity of 27.2 pb −1 . No candidate events are found in either of the final states, in agreement with the expected background of 0.91 events from all Standard Model processes. Combined with searches for e + e − → hZ, this results in a 95% C.L. lower limit on the masses of both h and A of 62.5 GeV/ c 2 , for tan β > 1.
  • electron positron: colliding beams
  • electron positron: annihilation
  • Higgs particle: electroproduction
  • Higgs particle: pair production
  • Z0: associated production
  • supersymmetry
  • Higgs particle: multiplet
  • Higgs particle: hadronic decay
  • Higgs particle: leptonic decay
  • bottom: pair production