13–17 Aug 2013
University of California, Santa Cruz
US/Pacific timezone

Searching for neutral Higgs bosons in non-standard channels

15 Aug 2013, 10:30
25m
Classroom Unit 1 (University of California, Santa Cruz)

Classroom Unit 1

University of California, Santa Cruz

oral presentation Electroweak Symmetry Breaking and the Higgs Sector Electroweak Symmetry Breaking and the Higgs Sector

Speaker

Dr Arjun Menon (U. Oregon)

Description

In a variety of well motivated models, such as two Higgs Doublet Models (2HDMs) and supersymmetric extensions of the Standard Model (SSM), there are additional neutral Higgs bosons. The $\tau \tau$ channel is the preferred mode for discovering such scalars at the LHC. However many of these models can have a suppressed $\tau \tau$ coupling and hence alternative discovery modes are required. In this talk, I will discuss two possible modes for searching for such neutral scalars. I will discuss the prospects of observing such scalars in the 3b and $H\to Z A$ channels at the LHC and compare our projections to the present LHC limits.
APS member ID 99999999

Primary author

Dr Arjun Menon (U. Oregon)

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