Search for a Light Charged Higgs Boson Decaying to a <i>W</i> Boson and a <i>CP</i>-Odd Higgs Boson in Final States with <i>e</i>μμ or μμμ in Proton-Proton Collisions at √<i>s</i>=13 TeV



Sirunyan, AM, Tumasyan, A, Adam, W, Ambrogi, F, Bergauer, T, Brandstetter, J, Dragicevic, M, Eroe, J, Del Valle, A Escalante, Flechl, M
et al (show 2294 more authors) (2019) Search for a Light Charged Higgs Boson Decaying to a <i>W</i> Boson and a <i>CP</i>-Odd Higgs Boson in Final States with <i>e</i>μμ or μμμ in Proton-Proton Collisions at √<i>s</i>=13 TeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 123 (13). 131802-.

Access the full-text of this item by clicking on the Open Access link.

Abstract

A search for a light charged Higgs boson (H^{+}) decaying to a W boson and a CP-odd Higgs boson (A) in final states with eμμ or μμμ is performed using data from pp collisions at sqrt[s]=13  TeV, recorded by the CMS detector at the LHC and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9  fb^{-1}. In this search, it is assumed that the H^{+} boson is produced in decays of top quarks, and the A boson decays to two oppositely charged muons. The presence of signals for H^{+} boson masses between 100 and 160 GeV and A boson masses between 15 and 75 GeV is investigated. No evidence for the production of the H^{+} boson is found. Upper limits at 95% confidence level are obtained on the combined branching fraction for the decay chain, t→bH^{+}→bW^{+}A→bW^{+}μ^{+}μ^{-}, of 1.9×10^{-6} to 8.6×10^{-6}, depending on the masses of the H^{+} and A bosons. These are the first limits for these decay modes of the H^{+} and A bosons.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: CMS Collaboration
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 05 Dec 2019 16:29
Last Modified: 14 Oct 2023 08:19
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.131802
Open Access URL: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.131802
Related URLs:
URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3065018