The Scope of the 4 tau Channel in Higgs-strahlung and Vector Boson Fusion for the NMSSM No-Lose Theorem at the LHC

May, 2008
12 pages
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Report number:
  • DCPT-08-60,
  • IPPP-08-30,
  • SHEP-08-16

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Abstract: (arXiv)
We study the potential of the h_1 -> a_1 a_1 -> 4 tau signal from the lightest scalar (h_1) and pseudoscalar (a_1) Higgs bosons to cover the parameter space of the Next-to-Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (NMSSM) at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). We exploit a 2 mu + 2 jets signature from four taus decays (accompanied by missing transverse energy), resorting to both Higgs-strahlung (HS), by triggering on leptonic W^\pm decays, and Vector Boson Fusion (VBF), by triggering on two same sign non-isolated muons.
  • p p: inclusive reaction
  • tau: multiple production
  • supersymmetry
  • Higgs particle: hadroproduction
  • Higgs particle: scalar
  • Higgs particle: decay
  • Higgs particle: pseudoscalar
  • Higgs particle: mass
  • tau: decay
  • muon: pair production