Search for MSSM Higgs bosons decaying to μ+μ− in proton-proton collisions at s=13TeV

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2019-11-10Type
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Abstract
A search is performed for neutral non-standard-model Higgs bosons decaying to two muons in the context of the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM). Proton-proton collision data recorded by the CMS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV were used, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb-1. The search is sensitive to neutral Higgs bosons produced via the gluon fusion process or in association with a quark pair. No significant deviations from the standard model expectation are observed. Upper limits at 95% confidence level are set in the context of the mhmod+ and phenomenological MSSM scenarios on the parameter tan B as a function of the mass of the pseudoscalar A boson, in the range from 130 to 600 GeV. The results are also used to set a model-independent limit on the product of the branching fraction for the decay into a muon pair and the cross section for the production of a scalar neutral boson, either via gluon fusion, or in association with b quarks, in the mass range from 130 to 1000 GeV. Show more
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https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000370497Publication status
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Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy PhysicsVolume
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ElsevierSubject
CMS; Higgs; Muon; BSM; MSSM; Model independentOrganisational unit
03593 - Dissertori, Günther / Dissertori, Günther
03904 - Wallny, Rainer / Wallny, Rainer
08803 - Grab, Christoph (Tit.Prof.)
09631 - Shchutska, Lesya (ehemalig) / Shchutska, Lesya (former)
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