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    126 GeV -- it is not MSSM Higgs
    By Gunn Quznetsov | December 22nd 2011 08:14 PM | 4 comments | Print | E-mail | Track Comments
    http://arxiv.org/abs/1112.5431 

    Search for Higgs bosons of the minimal supersymmetric standard model in p-pbar collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV

    "_We report results from searches for neutral Higgs bosons produced in p-pbar collisions recorded by the Dzero experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. We study the production of inclusive neutral Higgs boson in the tautau final state and in association with a b quark in the btautau and bbb final states. These results are combined to improve the sensitivity to the production of neutral Higgs bosons in the context of the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM). The data are found to be consistent with expectation from background processes. Upper limits on MSSM Higgs boson production are set for Higgs boson masses ranging from 90 to 300 GeV. We exclude tanBeta>20-30 for Higgs boson masses below 180 GeV. These are the most stringent constraints on MSSM Higgs boson production in p-pbar collisions."

    Comments

    They only exclude tan(beta) above 20 or so. In the usual MSSM models with heavier scalars, the expected tan(beta) is comparable to 10 or a bit lower for a 125 GeV Higgs. So the title of this blog entry is just wrong.

    Luboš Motl (not verified) | 12/23/11 | 13:48 PM
    dorigo
    I agree with Lubos.
    T.
    Tommaso Dorigo | 12/23/11 | 15:59 PM
    Have you seem the preliminary branching ratios thought, 1.7 times the normal branching to gamma gamma, half as much to ZZ or WW or b b-bar, but the normal figure for tau anti-tau, that nneds some explaining.

    Barry Adams (not verified) | 01/02/12 | 09:52 AM
    gunn
    Search for charged Higgs bosons decaying via H+ -> tau nu in top quark pair events using pp collision data at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector 

    http://arxiv.org/abs/1204.2760 


    "_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."
    Gunn Quznetsov | 04/12/12 | 21:35 PM