Searching for neutral Higgs bosons in non-standard channels

by Dr Arjun Menon (University of Oregon)

Monday 13 Jan 2014, 16:00 → 17:00 Asia/Kolkata

A304 (Colaba Campus)

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 τ τ channel is the preferred mode for discovering such scalars at the LHC. However many of these models can have a suppressed τ τ 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 → Z A channels at the LHC and compare our projections to the present LHC limits.