TY - JOUR
T1 - Search for charged Higgs bosons: combined results using LEP data
AU - ALEPH Collaboration
AU - DELPHI Collaboration
AU - L3 Collaboration
AU - OPAL Collaboration
AU - The LEP working group for Higgs boson searches
AU - Teixeira-Dias, Pedro
PY - 2013/7/3
Y1 - 2013/7/3
N2 - The four LEP collaborations, ALEPH, DELPHI, L3 and OPAL, have searched for pair-produced charged Higgs bosons in the framework of Two Higgs Doublet Models (2HDMs). The data of the four experiments are statistically combined. The results are interpreted within the 2HDM for Type I and Type II benchmark scenarios. No statistically significant excess has been observed when compared to the Standard Model background prediction, and the combined LEP data exclude large regions of the model parameter space. Charged Higgs bosons with mass below 80 GeV/c^2 (Type II scenario) or 72.5 GeV/c^2 (Type I scenario, for pseudo-scalar masses above 12 GeV/c^2) are excluded at the 95% confidence level.
AB - The four LEP collaborations, ALEPH, DELPHI, L3 and OPAL, have searched for pair-produced charged Higgs bosons in the framework of Two Higgs Doublet Models (2HDMs). The data of the four experiments are statistically combined. The results are interpreted within the 2HDM for Type I and Type II benchmark scenarios. No statistically significant excess has been observed when compared to the Standard Model background prediction, and the combined LEP data exclude large regions of the model parameter space. Charged Higgs bosons with mass below 80 GeV/c^2 (Type II scenario) or 72.5 GeV/c^2 (Type I scenario, for pseudo-scalar masses above 12 GeV/c^2) are excluded at the 95% confidence level.
U2 - 10.1140/epjc/s10052-013-2463-1
DO - 10.1140/epjc/s10052-013-2463-1
M3 - Article
SN - 1434-6044
VL - 73
JO - European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
JF - European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
M1 - 2463
ER -