Search for Higgs bosons of the minimal supersymmetric standard model in in pp collisions at √ s = 1.96 TeV

Abazov, V.M.; Abbott, B.; Acharya, B.S.; Adams, M.; Adams, T.; Alexeev, G.D.; Alkhazov, G.; Alton, A.; Alverson, G.; Aoki, M.

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2012.03.021

Search for Higgs bosons of the minimal supersymmetric standard model in in pp collisions at √ s = 1.96 TeV

ISSN

0370-2693

Date Issued

2012

Author(s)

Abazov, V.M.

Abbott, B.

Acharya, B.S.

Adams, M.

Adams, T.

Alexeev, G.D.

Alkhazov, G.

Alton, A.

Alverson, G.

Aoki, M.

DOI

10.1016/j.physletb.2012.03.021

Abstract

We report results from searches for neutral Higgs bosons produced in p¯p collisions recorded by the D0 experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. We study the production of inclusive neutral Higgs boson in the ττ final state and in association with a b quark in the bττ and bbb final states. These results are combined to improve the sensitivity to the production of neutral Higgs bosons in the context of the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM). The data are found to be consistent with expectation from background processes. Upper limits on MSSM Higgs boson production are set for Higgs boson masses ranging from 90 to 300 GeV. We exclude tanβ >20–30 for Higgs boson masses below 180 GeV. These are the most stringent constraints on MSSM Higgs boson production in p¯p collisions.