Leptonic signatures of doubly charged Higgs boson production at the LHC
Journal
JHEP
Journal Volume
11
Pages
005
Date Issued
2010-09
Author(s)
Abstract
The production of doubly charged Higgs bosons (H ±±) at the CERN LHC can give rise to distinctive multi-lepton signatures. The discovery potential of H±± can be optimized by considering a search strategy which is sensitive to both of the dominant production mechanisms, qq̄ → H++H -- and qq̄′ → H±±H∓. We compare the discovery potential for the signatures of exactly four leptons and at least three leptons in the final state, using the same set of cuts. We have carried out fast detector simulations at the LHC for both signal and backgrounds for a wide range of values of the charged Higgs mass. We find that the use of the latter channel can substantially improve the detection prospects of the doubly charged Higgs boson at the LHC. © 2010 SISSA.
Type
journal article