Published April 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Light Higgs bosons in phenomenological NMSSM

  • 1. Clermont Universite, Universite Blaise Pascal, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, BP 10448, Clermont-Ferrand (France)
  • 2. Physics Department, CERN Theory Division, Geneva 23 (Switzerland)
  • 3. Lund University, Theoretical High Energy Physics, Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, Lund (Sweden)
  • 4. Uppsala University, High-Energy Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Box 535, Uppsala (Sweden)
  • 5. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg (Germany)
  • 6. Universitaet Goettingen, II. Physikalisches Institut, Goettingen (Germany)

Description

We consider scenarios in the next-to-minimal supersymmetric model (NMSSM) where the CP-odd and charged Higgs bosons are very light. As we demonstrate, these can be obtained as simple deformations of existing phenomenological MSSM benchmarks scenarios with parameters defined at the weak scale. This offers a direct and meaningful comparison to the MSSM case. Applying a wide set of up-to-date constraints from both high-energy collider and flavor physics, the Higgs boson masses and couplings are studied in viable parts of parameter space. The LHC phenomenology of the light Higgs scenario for neutral and charged Higgs boson searches is discussed. (orig.)

Availability note (English)

Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-011-1608-3

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
European Physical Journal. C
Journal Volume
71
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 1-22
ISSN
1434-6044