# Search for a very light NMSSM Higgs boson produced in decays of the 125 GeV scalar boson and decaying into τ leptons in pp collisions at √s=8 TeV

CMS Collaboration; Khachatryan, V.; Sirunyan, A.M.; Tumasyan, A.; Adam, W.; Asilar, E.; Bergauer, T.; Brandstetter, J.; Brondolin, E.; Dragicevic, M.; Erö, J.; Flechl, M.; Friedl, M.; Frühwirth, R.; Ghete, V.M.; Hartl, C.; Hörmann, N.; Hrubec, J.; Jeitler, M.; Knünz, V.; ... mehr

Abstract (englisch): A search for a very light Higgs boson decaying into a pair of τ leptons is presented within the framework of the next-to-minimal supersymmetric standard model. This search is based on a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb −1 of proton-proton collisions collected by the CMS experiment at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. The signal is defined by the production of either of the two lightest scalars, h 1 or h 2 , via gluon-gluon fusion and subsequent decay into a pair of the lightest Higgs bosons, a 1 or h 1 . The h 1 or h 2 boson is identified with the observed state at a mass of 125 GeV. The analysis searches for decays of the a 1 (h 1 ) states into pairs of τ leptons and covers a mass range for the a 1 (h 1 ) boson of 4 to 8 GeV. The search reveals no significant excess in data above standard model background expectations, and an upper limit is set on the signal production cross section times branching fraction as a function of the a 1 (h 1 ) boson mass. The 95% confidence level limit ranges from 4.5 pb at m a 1 ma1 m h 1 = 8 (mh1)=8 GeV to 10.3 pb at m a 1 ma1 m h 1 = 5 (mh1)=5 GeV.

 Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik (IEKP) Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz Jahr 2016 Sprache Englisch Identifikator DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2016)079 ISSN: 1126-6708 URN: urn:nbn:de:swb:90-540012 KITopen ID: 1000054001 Erschienen in Journal of High Energy Physics Band 2016 Heft 1 Seiten 1-46 Bemerkung zur Veröffentlichung Gefördert durch SCOAP3
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