scholarly journals Closing the Window on Light Charged Higgs Bosons in the NMSSM

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johan Rathsman ◽  
Thomas Rössler
Keyword(s):  
Higgs Boson ◽  
Large Hadron Collider ◽  
Branching Fraction ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
Higgs Bosons ◽  
Supersymmetric Model ◽  
Charged Higgs ◽  
Charged Higgs Bosons ◽  
Minimal Supersymmetric Model ◽  
Higgs Signal

In the Next-to-Minimal SuperSymmetric Model (NMSSM) the lightest CP-odd Higgs bosons (a1) can be very light. As a consequence, in addition to the standard charged Higgs boson (h±) decays considered in the MSSM for a light charged Higgs (mh±<mt), the branching fraction forh±→a1Wcan be dominant. We investigate how this signal can be searched for intt-production at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in the case that (ma1≳2mB) with thea1giving rise to a singlebb--jet and discuss to what extent the LHC experiments are able to discover such a scenario with an integrated luminosity ~20 fb−1. We also discuss the implications of the possible Higgs-signal observed at the LHC.

scholarly journals Signal versus background interference in $$ {H}^{+}\to t\overline{b} $$ signals for MSSM benchmark scenarios

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdesslam Arhrib ◽  
Duarte Azevedo ◽  
Rachid Benbrik ◽  
Hicham Harouiz ◽  
Stefano Moretti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higgs Boson ◽  
Large Hadron Collider ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
Statistical Error ◽  
Charged Higgs Boson ◽  
Higgs Bosons ◽  
Total Width ◽  
Interference Effects ◽  
Charged Higgs ◽  
Charged Higgs Bosons

Abstract In this paper, we investigate sizeable interference effects between a heavy charged Higgs boson signal produced dominantly via $$ gg\to t\overline{b}{H}^{-} $$ gg → t b ¯ H − (+ c.c.) followed by the decay $$ {H}^{-}\to b\overline{t} $$ H − → b t ¯ (+ c.c.) and the irreducible background given by $$ pp\to t\overline{t}b\overline{b} $$ pp → t t ¯ b b ¯ topologies at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). We show that it may be possible that such effects could spoil current H± searches where signal and background are normally treated separately. The reason for this is that a heavy charged Higgs boson can have a large total width, in turn enabling such interferences, altogether leading to potentially very significant alterations, both at the inclusive and exclusive level, of the yield induced by the signal alone. This therefore implies that currently established LHC searches for such wide charged Higgs bosons might require modifications. We show such effects quantitatively using two different benchmark configurations of the minimal realisation of Supersymmetry, wherein such H± states naturally exist. However, on the basis of the limited computing resources available, we are unable to always bring the statistical error down to a level where all such interference effects are unequivocal, so that we advocate dedicated experimental analyses to confirm this with higher statistics data samples.

scholarly journals Searching for heavy charged Higgs bosons through top quark polarization

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (15n16) ◽  
pp. 2041011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdesslam Arhrib ◽  
Adil Jueid ◽  
Stefano Moretti
Keyword(s):  
Higgs Boson ◽  
Top Quark ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Charged Higgs Boson ◽  
Higgs Bosons ◽  
Type I ◽  
Chiral Structure ◽  
Charged Higgs ◽  
Charged Higgs Bosons

We study the production of a heavy charged Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in [Formula: see text] within a 2-Higgs Doublet Model (2HDM). The chiral structure of the [Formula: see text] coupling can trigger a particular spin state of the top quark produced in the decay of a charged Higgs boson and, therefore, is sensitive to the underlying mechanism of the Electroweak Symmetry Breaking (EWSB). Taking two benchmark models (2HDM type-I and 2HDM type-Y) as an example, we show that inclusive rates, differential distributions and forward–backward asymmetries of the top quark’s decay products can be used to search for heavy charged Higgs bosons and also as model discriminators.

scholarly journals New discovery modes for a light charged Higgs boson at the LHC

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Arhrib ◽  
R. Benbrik ◽  
M. Krab ◽  
B. Manaut ◽  
S. Moretti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higgs Boson ◽  
Pair Production ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
Higgs Doublet ◽  
Charged Higgs Boson ◽  
Higgs Bosons ◽  
Type I ◽  
New Production ◽  
Charged Higgs ◽  
Charged Higgs Bosons

Abstract At the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), both the ATLAS and CMS Collaborations have been searching for light charged Higgs bosons via top (anti)quark production and decays channels, like pp → t$$ \overline{t} $$ t ¯ with one top (anti)quark decaying into a charged Higgs boson and a b (anti)quark, when the decay is kinematically open (i.e., when $$ {m}_{H^{\pm }} $$ m H ± ≲ mt). In this paper, we propose new searches at the LHC involving light charged Higgs bosons via their pair production channels like pp → H±h/A and pp → H+H− in the 2-Higgs Doublet Model (2HDM) Type-I and -X scenarios. By focusing on the case where the heavy H state plays the role of the Standard Model (SM)-like Higgs boson with a mass near 125 GeV, we study the aforementioned Higgs boson pair production channels and investigate their bosonic decays, such as H± → W±h and/or H± → W±A. We demonstrate that for a light charged Higgs boson state, with $$ {m}_{H^{\pm }} $$ m H ± ≲ mt, at the LHC, such di-Higgs production and decay channels can give rise to signatures with event rates much larger than those emerging from pp → t$$ \overline{t} $$ t ¯ → t$$ \overline{b} $$ b ¯ H− + c.c. We specifically study h/A → b$$ \overline{b} $$ b ¯ and τ+τ− decays. We, therefore, claim that the discussed combination of new production and decay modes can result in an alternative discovery channel for charged Higgs bosons lighter than the top (anti)quark at the LHC within the above two 2HDM Types. Finally, in order to motivate experimentalists in ATLAS and CMS to search for such signatures, we propose 16 Benchmark Points (BPs) which are compatible with both theoretical and experimental constraints.

scholarly journals Search for Charged Higgs bosons via decays to $W^\pm$ and a 125 GeV Higgs at the Large Hadron Collider

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Klemm ◽  
Rikard Enberg ◽  
Stefano Moretti ◽  
Shoaib Munir ◽  
Glenn WOUDA
Keyword(s):  
Large Hadron Collider ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
Higgs Bosons ◽  
Charged Higgs ◽  
Charged Higgs Bosons

scholarly journals The forgotten channels: charged Higgs boson decays to a W± and a non-SM-like Higgs boson

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Henning Bahl ◽  
Tim Stefaniak ◽  
Jonas Wittbrodt
Keyword(s):  
Higgs Boson ◽  
Higgs Sector ◽  
Higgs Doublet ◽  
Charged Higgs Boson ◽  
Higgs Bosons ◽  
Type I ◽  
Collider Phenomenology ◽  
Charged Higgs ◽  
Charged Higgs Bosons ◽  
Almost All

Abstract The presence of charged Higgs bosons is a generic prediction of multiplet extensions of the Standard Model (SM) Higgs sector. Focusing on the Two-Higgs-Doublet-Model (2HDM) with type I and lepton-specific Yukawa sectors, we discuss the charged Higgs boson collider phenomenology in the theoretically and experimentally viable parameter space. While almost all existing experimental searches at the LHC target the fermionic decays of charged Higgs bosons, we point out that the bosonic decay channels — especially the decay into a non-SM-like Higgs boson and a W boson — often dominate over the fermionic channels. Moreover, we revisit two genuine BSM effects on the properties of the discovered Higgs boson — the charged Higgs contribution to the diphoton rate and the Higgs decay to two light Higgs bosons — and their implication for the charged Higgs boson phenomenology. As main result of the present paper, we propose five two-dimensional benchmark scenarios with distinct phenomenological features in order to facilitate the design of dedicated LHC searches for charged Higgs bosons decaying into a W boson and a light, non-SM-like Higgs boson.

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