Search for charged Higgs bosons produced in vector boson fusion processes and decaying into vector boson pairs in proton–proton collisions at $$\sqrt{s} = 13\,{\text {TeV}} $$ s = 13 TeV
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Sirunyan, A. M.
Tumasyan, A.
Adam, W.
Andrejkovic, J. W.
Bergauer, T.
Chatterjee, S.
Dragicevic, M.
Del Valle, A. E.
Frühwirth, R.
Jeitler, M.
Date Issued
August 11, 2021
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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The European Physical Journal C. 2021 Aug 11;81(8):723
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Final published version
Abstract
Abstract
A search for charged Higgs bosons produced in vector boson fusion processes and decaying into vector bosons, using proton–proton collisions at
$$\sqrt{s}=13\,{\text {TeV}} $$
s
=
13
TeV
at the LHC, is reported. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 137
$$\,{\text {fb}}^{-1}$$
fb
-
1
collected with the CMS detector. Events are selected by requiring two or three electrons or muons, moderate missing transverse momentum, and two jets with a large rapidity separation and a large dijet mass. No excess of events with respect to the standard model background predictions is observed. Model independent upper limits at 95% confidence level are reported on the product of the cross section and branching fraction for vector boson fusion production of charged Higgs bosons as a function of mass, from 200 to 3000
$$\,{\text {GeV}}$$
GeV
. The results are interpreted in the context of the Georgi–Machacek model.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09472-3
