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Search for a heavy pseudoscalar Higgs boson decaying to a 125 GeV Higgs boson and a Z boson in final states with two tau and two light leptons in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV

CMS Collaboration; Chekhovsky, V.; Hayrapetyan, A.; Makarenko, V.; Tumasyan, A.; Adam, W.; Andrejkovic, J. W.; Benato, L.; Bergauer, T.; Chatterjee, S.; Damanakis, K.; Dragicevic, M.; Hussain, P. S.; Jeitler, M.; Krammer, N.; Li, A.; Liko, D.; Mikulec, I.; Schieck, J.; ... mehr

Abstract (englisch):

A search for a heavy pseudoscalar Higgs boson, A, decaying to a 125 GeV Higgs boson h and a Z boson is presented. The h boson is identified via its decay to a pair of tau leptons, while the Z boson is identified via its decay to a pair of electrons or muons. The search targets the production of the A boson via the gluon-gluon fusion process, gg → A, and in association with bottom quarks, b$\overline{b}$A. The analysis uses a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb$^{−1}$ collected with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV. Constraints are set on the product of the cross sections of the A production mechanisms and the A → Zh decay branching fraction. The observed (expected) upper limit at 95% confidence level ranges from 0.049 (0.060) pb to 1.02 (0.79) pb for the gg → A process and from 0.053 (0.059) pb to 0.79 (0.61) pb for the b$\overline{b}$A process in the probed range of the A boson mass, m$_A$, from 225 GeV to 1 TeV. The results of the search are used to constrain parameters within the M$_{h,EFT}^{125}$ benchmark scenario of the minimal supersymmetric extension of the standard model. ... mehr


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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000188385
Veröffentlicht am 15.12.2025
Cover der Publikation
Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Astroteilchenphysik (IAP)
Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik (ETP)
Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik (IPE)
Scientific Computing Center (SCC)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2025
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 1029-8479
KITopen-ID: 1000188385
HGF-Programm 51.11.01 (POF IV, LK 01) Teilchenphysik
Erschienen in Journal of High Energy Physics
Verlag Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)
Band 2025
Heft 10
Seiten 74
Vorab online veröffentlicht am 09.10.2025
Schlagwörter Beyond Standard Model, Hadron-Hadron Scattering, Higgs Physics
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Web of Science
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