Search for charged Higgs bosons decaying via $H^{+} \to \tau \nu$ in top quark pair events using $pp$ collision data at $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV with the ATLAS detector

ATLAS collaboration (2878 authors)Aguilar-Saavedra, Juan AntonioAnjos, NunoCarvalho, JoãoCastro, Nuno FilipeConde Muiño, PatriciaDo Valle Wemans, AndréFiolhais, MiguelGomes, AgostinhoGonçalo, RicardoJorge, PedroLopes, LourencoMachado Miguens, JoanaMaio, AméliaManeira, JoséOliveira, Miguel AlfonsoOnofre, AntónioPalma, AlbertoPina, João AntonioPinto, BelmiroSantos, HelenaSaraiva, JoãoSilva, JoséVeloso, FilipeWolters, Helmut2019-02-032019-02-032012-04http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2012)039http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/26155The results of a search for charged Higgs bosons are presented. The analysis is based on 4.6/fb of proton-proton collision data at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV collected by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, using top quark pair events with a tau lepton in the final state. The data are consistent with the expected background from Standard Model processes. Assuming that the branching ratio of the charged Higgs boson to a tau lepton and a neutrino is 100%, this leads to upper limits on the branching ratio of top quark decays to a b quark and a charged Higgs boson between 5% and 1% for charged Higgs boson masses ranging from 90 GeV to 160 GeV, respectively. In the context of the mh-max scenario of the MSSM, tan(beta) above 12-26, as well as between 1 and 2-6, can be excluded for charged Higgs boson masses between 90 GeV and 150 GeV.engSearch for charged Higgs bosons decaying via $H^{+} \to \tau \nu$ in top quark pair events using $pp$ collision data at $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV with the ATLAS detectorjournal article2019-02-03