Published January 5, 2017 | Version v1
Journal article

Heavy Higgs bosons at low tan β: from the LHC to 100 TeV

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of California,Santa Barbara, CA 93106 (United States)
  • 2. Institute for Advanced Study, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong S.A.R., P.R.C. (China)
  • 3. Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong S.A.R., P.R.C. (China)

Description

We present strategies to search for heavy neutral Higgs bosons decaying to top quark pairs, as often occurs at low tan β in type II two Higgs doublet models such as the Higgs sector of the MSSM. The resonant production channel is unsatisfactory due to interference with the SM background. We instead propose to utilize same-sign dilepton signatures arising from the production of heavy Higgs bosons in association with one or two top quarks and subsequent decay to a top pair. We find that for heavier neutral Higgs bosons the production in association with one top quark provides greater sensitivity than production in association with two top quarks. We obtain current limits at the LHC using Run I data at 8 TeV and forecast the sensitivity of a dedicated analysis during Run II at 14 TeV. Then we perform a detailed BDT study for the 14 TeV LHC and a future 100 TeV collider.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2017)018; Available from http://repo.scoap3.org/record/18523

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Journal Volume
2017
Journal Issue
01
Journal Page Range
p. 18
ISSN
1029-8479

Optional Information

Copyright
Copyright (c) OPEN ACCESS, © The Authors
Notes
PUBLISHER-ID: JHEP01(2017)018; ARXIV:1605.08744; OAI: oai:repo.scoap3.org:18523
Funding organization
SCOAP3, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)