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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Search for Neutral Higgs Bosons Decaying to Tau Pairs inpp¯Collisions ats=1.96  TeV

S. E.k. MattinglyKristian HarderC. BiscaratM. AbolinsP. A. RapidisD. CuttsFrederic DeliotChristopher George TullyS. ChakrabartiPeter LoveA. JonckheereKevin BlackRobert HiroskyR. BernhardY. M. KharzheevPaul TelfordAvto KharchilavaA. M. KalininA. LobodenkoR. J. MadarasR. J. MadarasN. K. MondalD. BauerP. SchieferdeckerWagner CarvalhoS. YacoobF. ChevallierPatrick SlatteryG. J. Otero Y GarzónAlexander KhanovJovan MitrevskiJ. M. HauptmanCecilia Elena GerberN. OshimaDaniel BlochDaniel BlochDaria ZieminskaG. GutierrezGilvan AlvesH. T. DiehlT. A. BoltonH. DongD. BuchholzNikola MakovecY. PogorelovRaimund StröhmerV. SimakR. D. SchambergerGeorge AlversonKarl JakobsA. BoehnleinL. S. VertogradovG. GintherP. RenkelP. PadleyR. F. RodriguesY. ArnoudD. HedinW. E. CooperJianming QianYann CoadouP. HaefnerS. KrzywdzinskiT. MilletJ. EllisonS. KesisoglouV. M. AbazovV. SharyG. ObrantThomas TrefzgerMikko VoutilainenMikko VoutilainenShabnam JabeenM. AhsanM. MerkinT. TooleP. TamburelloAnna GoussiouRaymond BrockBoaz KlimaI. KatsanosR. BeuselinckMitchell WayneH. SchellmanJ. M. KohliArnaud DuperrinV. M. KorablevTiefu ZhaoJulia S. MeyerJong-sung YuSa. JainS. FuessEmanuela BarberisKazunori HanagakiP. LewisM. DoidgeJ. SnowK. PetersChristophe ClementChristophe ClementChristophe ClementUlrike BlumenscheinT. KurcaMarc WeberM. C. CousinouDongliang ZhangP. L.m. Podesta-lermaIain Alexander BertramG. D. AlexeevFlera RizatdinovaCris W. BarnesJean-laurent AgramJean-laurent AgramAdam L. LyonStefan GrünendahlR. K. ShivpuriMichael RijssenbeekJ. DyerS. LagerS. LagerS. LagerB. TillerAshok KumarBrad AbbottD. A. StoyanovaC. AyGregory R SnowP. H. KasperM. DasU. BasslerD. BrownSung Keun ParkF. CharlesF. CharlesPierre PetroffF. LehnerMossadek TalbyB. GómezD. R. ClaesGavin DaviesPhilippe CalfayanS. RobinsonV. N. EvdokimovI. HallS. W. YounRegina DeminaE. Von ToerneP. DemineA. V. FerapontovPushpalatha C BhatM. AnastasoaieS. FuS. UvarovTulika BoseH. GreenleeD. M. StromMichael BegelT. EdwardsEduardo De Moraes GregoresB. C.k. CaseyArnulf QuadtChristian SchmittY. ScheglovReiner HauserD. CoppageT. MoulikL. BerntzonKaushik DeR. Van KootenArmen VartapetianA. BrossElemer NagyM. D. CorcoranAlberto SantoroJ. G.r. LimaShashikant DugadV. A. BezzubovG. HeskethG. A. DavisBoris TuchmingP. J. Van Den BergJessica LevêqueK. BosMarc BesanconJ. TempleS. NelsonM. H.g. SouzaJ. P. NegretR. P. SmithLuiz MundimLimin WangI. BlacklerMarc-andre PleierB. HoeneisenLee SawyerR. GelhausIvor FleckMichael MartensG. GrenierB. QuinnL. HanW. M. LeeP. RubinovSophie Trincaz-duvoidRupinder KaurBradley CoxC. Belanger-champagneA. ZieminskiM. A. StrangMichael A. StraussR. A. SidwellJ. KozminskiMichael HildrethD. KauMakoto TomotoDmitri TsybychevR. L. MccarthyC. SchwanenbergerMarco VerzocchiC. MagassDugan O'neilE. G. ZverevN. A. NaumannS. ReucroftD. WickeT. H. BurnettJan StarkHenry LubattiJ. A. BenitezZ. LiuJ. CamminAlice BeanA. PatwaMark OwenDenis GeléDenis GeléN. M. CasonR. OtecStephen WimpennyA. YurkewiczM. FordS. N. FatakiaLev UvarovV. M. PodstavkovD. KäferA. BellavanceS.a. KahnP.f. ErmolovM. DemarteauH. E. FiskMartin GrunewaldK. StevensonS. UzunyanY. A. YatsunenkoP. LebrunAran Garcia-bellidoJ. P. KonrathSerban ProtopopescuUlrich HeintzHarrison ProsperY. XieO. BoeriuAmnon HarelV. V. TokmeninH. A. NealD. MederI. Ripp-baudotI. Ripp-baudotA. MeyerMarcia BegalliL. LoboLorenzo FeligioniS. DesaiCarmen GarcíaD. K. ChoA. StoneM. KopalM. CookeP. K. MalFrank FilthautM. FortnerB. ClementB. ClementW. L. Prado Da SilvaV. I. RudMilos LokajicekNorbert WermesF. BadaudAshok DasS. Söldner-remboldAndy HaasN. OliveiraM. DiesburgS. J. HongT. ScanlonS. KermicheMeenakshi NarainM. P. SandersSherry TowersF. GuoJ. HaleyAbdenour LounisAbdenour LounisC. De Oliveira MartinsP. N. RatoffSuman Bala BeriP. MättigDarien WoodP. M. TutsMaksym TitovY. HuJ. T. LinnemannP. VerdierVivian O'dellPh GrisK. YipN. XuanNicholas John HadleyC. P. BuszelloK. GounderJ. R. KalkA. JusteO. AtramentovJ. D. DegenhardtTodd AdamsVipin BhatnagarRobert HarringtonA. MendesP. HoubenAriel SchwartzmanE. De La Cruz-bureloS. BlessingL. DuflotM. WetsteinScott SnyderMarcel VreeswijkA. EvdokimovR. IllingworthB. SpurlockR. PartridgeGraham WilsonHeriberto Castilla-valdezJ. LazofloresD. EdmundsR. UnalanW. D. ShephardSascha CaronH. Da MottaD. GillbergM. PetteniM. SosebeeL. StutteJ. M. KalkGregory J PawloskiR. MccroskeyAndre SznajderZeno Dixon GreenwoodM. StrovinkM. StrovinkA. KryemadhiShuichi KunoriYuri GershteinEmmanuelle PerezJ. KasperB. ÅSmanB. ÅSmanB. ÅSmanA. S. ItoA. MelnitchoukS. LammersA. JenkinsA.s. DyshkantA. LeflatReinhard SchwienhorstJiri KvitaFreya BlekmanChristian AutermannV. HynekKenneth BloomP. SkubicAndrew WhiteM. MichautC. NoedingG. SavageW. M. Van LeeuwenV. V. LipaevV. BuescherAndrew BrandtV. L. MalyshevJuan EstradaNikos VarelasA. P. HeinsonBing ZhouLuis MendozaTae Jeong KimKirti RanjanH.e. MiettinenCarsten HenselCristina GaleaH. KimPhilip BaringerMarvin JohnsonAndrei NomerotskiJohn HobbsS. BanerjeeG. S. MuanzaH. S. MaoA. V. KozelovB. G. PopeJ. BarretoCalvin A. JohnsonS. CalvetJ. WomersleyJun GuoQ. Z. LiElizaveta ShabalinaTimothy AndeenJ. A. ParsonsM. WobischA. PompošR. E. HallMark Raymond AdamsD. KarmanovSudhir MalikIa IashviliJean-roch VlimantBrajesh C ChoudharyTerry Richard WyattMaria Elena PolV. LesneJ. GardnerJ. KotcherS. AndersonHarald FoxM. VaupelY. D. MutafI. A. VasilyevP. M. PereaD. ChakrabortyDon LincolnErich VarnesJ. MonkJing LiF. Villeneuve-seguierWendy TaylorRoger MooreS. J. ParkV. SiccardiV. SiccardiK. J. RaniA. AltonK. W. MerrittA. MagerkurthA. ZatserklyaniyB. S. AcharyaJ. F. BartlettP. BanerjeeRobert KehoeL. BagbyM. AgelouAaron DominguezA. M. MagnanM. YanK. M. ChanChristian ZeitnitzC. JarvisB. DaviesD. V. BandurinS. KapplerS. BurkeSergey BurdinM. EadsSharon HagopianA. K.a. MacielS. P. DenisovMichael MulhearnM. LynkerX. F. SongJeroen HegemanR. PiegaiaM. H. KirbyDorothee SchaileG. AlkhazovM. HohlfeldEmmanuel BusatoM. ĆWiokChristophe RoyonH. D. WahlE. GalyaevT. YasudaElizabeth GallasJohannes ElmsheuserP. NeustroevR. JesikK. A. JohnsT. GadfortR. HooperP. VintV. OguriA. KoubarovskyA. V. PopovJ. HaysA. C.s. Assis JesusH. HoethGuennadi BorissovGustaaf BrooijmansW. C. FisherNeeti ParasharM. ZielinskiJ. WarcholS. J. De JongN. KhalatyanB. KothariViatcheslav StolinA. A. ShchukinFrank FiedlerE. KajfaszJ. MolinaCarlos AvilaS. SumowidagdoSabine Crépé-renaudinN. GollubN. GollubN. GollubSuyong ChoiGregorio BernardiD. DenisovJ. M. HeinmillerHal EvansThomas FerbelLars SonnenscheinH. WeertsM. BinderLev DudkoHwi Dong YooS. SenguptaZdenek HubacekJonas StrandbergJonas StrandbergJonas StrandbergN. ParuaT. KuhlM. JaffréAlexander KupcoRandy RuchtiSergio F NovaesYurii MaravinVladimir GavrilovGordon WattsV. SirotenkoA. C. Le BihanA. C. Le BihanMd. NaimuddinA. S. TurcotPhillip GutierrezA. Sanchez-hernandezV. ZutshiAndrew AskewZhengguo ZhaoBrigitte VachonD. ShpakovL. ChristofekL. BellantoniHelena MalbouissonD. ChapinJ. N. ButlerP. D. GrannisJ. SteeleA. ChandraM. BuehlerT. NunnemannB. BaldinMansoora ShamimAndre SopczakB. AndrieuElliott CheuVictor Daniel ElviraChuanhua YuGreg LandsbergPedrame BargassaK. SoustruznikN. J. BuchananF. BorcherdingG. SajotM. S. AnzelcSarah Catherine EnoHorst SeveriniJunjie ZhuRichard B. LiptonA. BadenG. C. BlazeyI. TorchianiR. YamadaJean-francois GrivazS. H. AhnP. De JongM. ArovP. JonssonThomas HebbekerD. KhatidzeM. Mulders

subject

PhysicsParticle physics010308 nuclear & particles physicsBranching fractionHigh Energy Physics::PhenomenologyGeneral Physics and Astronomy7. Clean energy01 natural sciencesStandard ModelNuclear physicsPair production0103 physical sciencesHiggs bosonHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentProduction (computer science)010306 general physicsEnergy (signal processing)Minimal Supersymmetric Standard ModelBoson

description

A search for the production of neutral Higgs bosons {Phi} decaying into {tau}{sup +}{tau}{sup -} final states in p{bar p} collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV is presented. The data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of approximately 325 pb{sup -1}, were collected by the D0 experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. Since no excess compared to the expectation from standard model processes is found, limits on the production cross section times branching ratio are set. The results are combined with those obtained from the D0 search for {Phi}b({bar b}) {yields} b{bar b}b({bar b}) and are interpreted in the minimal supersymmetric standard model.

https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.97.121802