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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Search for the Associated Production of abQuark and a Neutral Supersymmetric Higgs Boson that Decays intoτPairs

P. RenkelR. Magaña-villalbaS. W. ChoG. ObrantS. UvarovB. TillerShabnam JabeenS. SchlobohmB. QuinnMarkus WobischH. GreenleeStephen WimpennyP. SvoiskyV. PariharJ. BackusmayesMartin GrunewaldD. M. StromG. D. AlexeevA. DubeyC. SchwanenbergerD. OnoprienkoAlice BeanG. Otero Y GarzonJ. M. HauptmanFlera RizatdinovaW. C. YangCecilia Elena GerberA. BrossA. DasM. SosebeeMaxim PerfilovMilos LokajicekM. C. CousinouM. RominskyG. GintherG. GintherF. GuoVolker BuescherRaimund StröhmerSung Keun ParkSerban ProtopopescuO. AtramentovO. AtramentovRaymond BrockV. SimakSabine LammersDarien WoodM. PangilinanSergey BurdinSergey BurdinW. M. Van LeeuwenM. AokiAndy HaasAndy HaasDavid T. JohnstonJianming QianC. P. BuszelloV. M. PodstavkovP. HoubenS. HossainP. PadleyVipin BhatnagarM. EadsR. PartridgeM. FortnerD. BuchholzR. BeuselinckS. P. DenisovAvto KharchilavaS. BlessingL. BellantoniG. WeberG. WeberD. ChakrabortyDmitri TsybychevR. L. MccarthyPh GrisScott SnyderE. De La Cruz-bureloAndrew BrandtL. ZivkovicP. D. GrannisM. H. KirbyKenneth BloomV. L. MalyshevT. HoangMitchell WayneH. SchellmanJ. M. KohliStefan GrünendahlPushpalatha C BhatMichael MulhearnJeroen HegemanW. GeistAlexander KhanovA. LeflatB. GómezG. HeskethDon LincolnErich VarnesFrederic DeliotChristopher George TullyR. Van KootenM. D. CorcoranB. TuchmingKirti RanjanCarsten HenselR. K. ShivpuriA. WengerB. HoeneisenLee SawyerM. BuehlerMark Richard James WilliamsS. Chevalier-théryAnna GoussiouGregory R SnowEmanuela BarberisL. HanMarc BesanconR. OtecM. VesterinenA. F. BarfussV. A. BezzubovU. BasslerSharon HagopianS. Söldner-remboldD. R. ClaesGavin DaviesPhilippe CalfayanN. OsmanJ. P. NegretAshok KumarE. CarreraA. K.a. MacielMaria Elena PolL. S. VertogradovS. RobinsonG. AlkhazovPatrick SlatteryR. Luna-garciaR. Luna-garciaD. V. BandurinRegina DeminaR. G. WagnerFlorent LacroixMarco VerzocchiTheodoros ChristoudiasA. ChandraA. EvdokimovS. M. LiettiY. ScheglovT. H. BurnettKaushik DeD. LamP. N. RatoffA. Sanchez-hernandezY. PetersV. ZutshiA. PatwaD. EdmundsSamuel CalvetMark OwenTulika BoseM. ArovM. DemarteauMichael HildrethM. A. StrangGraham WilsonY. ArnoudJ. A. BenitezT. MoulikP. M. TutsT. GadfortL. DuflotJ. K. LimAndrew WhiteD. DugganMarcia BegalliZ. LiuJ. OrdunaMaksym TitovHua-lei YinD. GillbergBrian Thomas MartinJan StarkB. ÅSmanB. ÅSmanM. ĆWiokMeenakshi NarainS. UzunyanG. GrenierG. GrenierHenry LubattiA. S. ItoA. MelnitchoukY. XieUlrich HeintzPhilip BaringerZhenyu YeJ. PiperAmnon HarelR. PiegaiaA. P. HeinsonRobert HiroskyK. DevaughanAndrew AskewYuji EnariYuri GershteinYuri GershteinS. BanerjeeP. A. KasperJ. CamminA. JonckheereI. HallP. K. MalG. SavageA. LobodenkoD. MenezesR. BernhardW. E. CooperM. A. PleierAlexander GrohsjeanAlexey FerapontovY. W. LiuFrank FilthautR. E. HallD. JaminGrigory SafronovS. ChakrabartiV. M. AbazovS. J. ParkV. SharyM. DiesburgT. NunnemannDaria ZieminskaE. Camacho-pérezSuneel DuttD. BauerHarald FoxB. BaldinM. WetsteinMaiko TakahashiA. AltonA. AltonJohn HobbsJ. BarretoI. A. VasilyevR. D. SchambergerMeng WangP. RubinovT. R. WyattReinhard SchwienhorstJ. SekaricMichael A. StraussS. GrederIain Alexander BertramG. GutierrezMansoora ShamimM. WeberJ. F. BartlettR. NayyarRobert KehoeGilvan AlvesCalvin A. JohnsonHelio NogimaP. LebrunP. LebrunChong-yu XuMichael RijssenbeekS. ZelitchA. TanasijczukE. AguiloLev UvarovV. V. LipaevJ. LellouchY. N. KharzheevD. A. StoyanovaM. AbolinsJean-arcady MeyerJ. Martínez-ortegaElizaveta ShabalinaJun GuoQ. Z. LiC. L. McgivernBjoern PenningL. BagbyAndre SopczakC. Belanger-champagneC. Belanger-champagneKarl JakobsH. E. FiskJ. A. ParsonsJ. OstaK. M. ChanD. BolineElliott CheuM. KirschT. SchliephakeD. SmirnovV. N. EvdokimovD. K. ChoD. KhatidzeD. KarmanovArnaud DuperrinT. ScanlonVictor Daniel ElviraE. StraussMichael BegelS. KermicheSuman Bala BeriV. HynekS. BealeEduardo De Moraes GregoresM. CookeY. A. YatsunenkoA. JusteKaushik DeP. J. Van Den BergTodd AdamsPeter LoveJong-sung YuNikos VarelasW. GengW. GengLuiz MundimBing ZhouLuis MendozaJ. SnowK. PetersN. K. MondalSudhir MalikE. G. ZverevIa IashviliL. S. AncuH. T. DiehlT. A. BoltonT. DorlandY. PogorelovA. BoehnleinBrajesh C ChoudharyN. KhalatyanS. YacoobAran Garcia-bellidoJ. EllisonM. AhsanSa. JainS. FuessP. MättigT. KurcaT. KurcaM. A. Carrasco-lizarragaGeorge AlversonI. Ripp-baudotA. MeyerR. IllingworthViatcheslav StolinD. HedinB. SpurlockZeno Dixon GreenwoodCristina GaleaM. MerkinCarlos AvilaS. SumowidagdoSuyong ChoiJonas StrandbergM. JaffréV. V. TokmeninJoseph HaleyG. GolovanovG. FaciniH. A. NealAlexander KupcoJ. T. LinnemannO. MundalK. YipI. KatsanosN. ParuaD. VilanovaRandy RuchtiS. CihangirFabrice CoudercR. UnalanLiang LiLev DudkoL. StutteH. NilsenA.s. DyshkantJiri KvitaD. GerbaudoGregorio BernardiD. DenisovHal EvansThomas FerbelThomas FerbelHwi Dong YooZdenek HubacekSergio F NovaesM. PrewittLars SonnenscheinW. M. LeeM. P. SandersYurii MaravinVladimir GavrilovGordon WattsV. SirotenkoJ. ClutterMd. NaimuddinGuennadi BorissovI. Heredia-de La CruzW. C. FisherPhillip GutierrezNeeti ParasharP. NeustroevI. RazumovM. ZielinskiJ. HaysP. VintA. V. PopovGustaaf BrooijmansJ. WarcholS. J. De JongKristian HarderD. CuttsA. A. ShchukinWagner CarvalhoGreg LandsbergK. HernerFrank FiedlerE. KajfaszK. SoustruznikG. C. BlazeyI. TorchianiR. YamadaJean-francois GrivazM. PadillaP. JonssonThomas HebbekerR. JesikK. A. JohnsMary Beth AdamsG. SajotY. HuM. S. RangelB. C.k. CaseyP. PolozovMarvin JohnsonA. L. LyonA. V. KozelovSarah Catherine EnoHorst SeveriniX. B. BuHakjae LeeJunjie ZhuP. VerdierP. VerdierRichard B. LiptonV. A. KuzminD. N. BrownP. SkubicG. S. MuanzaB. SanghiWendy TaylorP. RichC. ZeitnitzArnulf QuadtV. BunichevElemer NagyPedro G MercadanteRoger MooreD. WickeE. E. BoosDennis Stephen MackinHeriberto Castilla-valdezB. S. AcharyaAaron DominguezP. HaefnerTiefu ZhaoS. W. YounJ. K. KrausP. L.m. Podesta-lermaP. L.m. Podesta-lermaBrad AbbottPierre PetroffDorothee SchaileM. HohlfeldChristophe RoyonH. D. WahlF. BadaudM. M. MeijerT. YasudaS. DesaiPetr VokacB. CalpasN. Huske

subject

QuarkPhysicsParticle physics010308 nuclear & particles physicsHigh Energy Physics::PhenomenologyGeneral Physics and AstronomyElementary particleSupersymmetry01 natural sciencesBottom quarkNuclear physicsParticle decay0103 physical sciencesHiggs bosonHigh Energy Physics::Experiment010306 general physicsLeptonBoson

description

We report results from a search for production of a neutral Higgs boson in association with a $b$ quark. We search for Higgs decays to $\tau$ pairs with one $\tau$ subsequently decaying to a muon and the other to hadrons. The data correspond to 2.7fb$^{-1}$ of $\ppbar$ collisions recorded by the D0 detector at $\sqrt{s} = 1.96$TeV. The data are found to be consistent with background predictions. The result allows us to exclude a significant region of parameter space of the minimal supersymmetric model.

https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.104.151801