Search for charged Higgs bosons in e+e− collisions at √s=189-209 GeV

A search is made for charged Higgs bosons predicted by Two-Higgs-Doublet extensions of the Standard Model (2HDM) using electron-positron collision data collected by the OPAL experiment at s√=189--209 GeVs=189--209 GeV\sqrt{s}=189\mbox{--}209\ \mbox{GeV}, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of...

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Main Authors: Abbiendi, Giovanni (Author) , Bock, Peter (Author) , Igo-Kemenes, Peter (Author) , Krogh, Jürgen von (Author) , Okpara, Anna (Author)
Corporate Author: OPAL Collaboration (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 24 July 2012
In: The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Year: 2012, Volume: 72, Issue: 7
ISSN:1434-6052
DOI:10.1140/epjc/s10052-012-2076-0
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-012-2076-0
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Author Notes:the OPAL Collaboration, G. Abbiendi, P. Bock, P. Igo-Kemenes, J. von Krogh, A. Okpara [und weitere]
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Summary:A search is made for charged Higgs bosons predicted by Two-Higgs-Doublet extensions of the Standard Model (2HDM) using electron-positron collision data collected by the OPAL experiment at s√=189--209 GeVs=189--209 GeV\sqrt{s}=189\mbox{--}209\ \mbox{GeV}, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of approximately 600 pb−1. Charged Higgs bosons are assumed to be pair-produced and to decay into qq¯qq¯\mathrm{q} \bar{\mathrm{q}}, τν τ or AW±. No signal is observed. Model-independent limits on the charged Higgs-boson production cross section are derived by combining these results with previous searches at lower energies. Under the assumption BR(H±→τντ)+BR(H±→qq¯)=1BR(H±→τντ)+BR(H±→qq¯)=1\mathrm{BR} (\mathrm{H}^{\pm} \to \tau\nu_{\tau}) + \mathrm{BR} (\mathrm{H}^{\pm} \to \mathrm{q} \bar{\mathrm{q}}) = 1, motivated by general 2HDM type II models, excluded areas on the [mH±,BR(H±→τντ)][mH±,BR(H±→τντ)][m_{\mathrm{H}^{\pm}} , \mathrm{BR} (\mathrm {H}^{\pm} \to \tau\nu_{\tau})] plane are presented and charged Higgs bosons are excluded up to a mass of 76.3 GeV at 95 % confidence level, independent of the branching ratio BR(H±→τν τ ). A scan of the 2HDM type I model parameter space is performed and limits on the Higgs-boson masses mH±mH±m_{\mathrm{H}^{\pm}} and m A are presented for different choices of tanβ.
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ISSN:1434-6052
DOI:10.1140/epjc/s10052-012-2076-0