A search is performed for a pseudoscalar Higgs boson, A, decaying into a 125 GeV Higgs boson h and a Z boson. The h boson is specifically targeted in its decay into a pair of tau leptons, while the Z boson decays into a pair of electrons or muons. A data sample of proton-proton collisions collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC at s = 13 TeV is used, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1. No excess above the standard model background expectations is observed in data. A model-independent upper limit is set on the product of the gluon fusion production cross section for the A boson and the branching fraction to Zh → ℓℓττ. The observed upper limit at 95% confidence level ranges from 27 to 5 fb for A boson masses from 220 to 400 GeV, respectively. The results are used to constrain the extended Higgs sector parameters for two benchmark scenarios of the minimal supersymmetric standard model. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]

Sirunyan, A., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Ambrogi, F., Bergauer, T., Brandstetter, J., et al. (2020). Search for a heavy pseudoscalar Higgs boson decaying into a 125 GeV Higgs boson and a Z boson in final states with two tau and two light leptons at √s = 13 TeV. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2020(3) [10.1007/JHEP03(2020)065].

Search for a heavy pseudoscalar Higgs boson decaying into a 125 GeV Higgs boson and a Z boson in final states with two tau and two light leptons at √s = 13 TeV

Benaglia A.;Beschi A.;Brivio F.;Ciriolo V.;Dinardo M. E.;Fiorendi S.;Ghezzi A.;Govoni P.;Guzzi L.;Malberti M.;Monti F.;Moroni L.;Ortona G.;Paganoni M.;Ragazzi S.;Tabarelli de Fatis T.;Zuolo D.;Massironi A.;Gerosa R.;Lucchini M. T.;De Guio F.;
2020

Abstract

A search is performed for a pseudoscalar Higgs boson, A, decaying into a 125 GeV Higgs boson h and a Z boson. The h boson is specifically targeted in its decay into a pair of tau leptons, while the Z boson decays into a pair of electrons or muons. A data sample of proton-proton collisions collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC at s = 13 TeV is used, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1. No excess above the standard model background expectations is observed in data. A model-independent upper limit is set on the product of the gluon fusion production cross section for the A boson and the branching fraction to Zh → ℓℓττ. The observed upper limit at 95% confidence level ranges from 27 to 5 fb for A boson masses from 220 to 400 GeV, respectively. The results are used to constrain the extended Higgs sector parameters for two benchmark scenarios of the minimal supersymmetric standard model. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]
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Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments); Higgs physics
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2020
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Sirunyan, A., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Ambrogi, F., Bergauer, T., Brandstetter, J., et al. (2020). Search for a heavy pseudoscalar Higgs boson decaying into a 125 GeV Higgs boson and a Z boson in final states with two tau and two light leptons at √s = 13 TeV. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2020(3) [10.1007/JHEP03(2020)065].
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