Simultaneous Search for Two Higgs Bosons of Minimal Supersymmetry at the LHC

Abdullin, Salavat; Baer, Howard; Kao, Chung; Stepanov, Nikita; Tata, Xerxes

Simultaneous Search for Two Higgs Bosons of Minimal Supersymmetry at the LHC

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The prospects of detecting the CP-odd Higgs pseudoscalar ($A$) in the minimal supersymmetric model via its decay into a $Z$ boson and the lighter CP-even Higgs scalar ($h$) at the CERN Large Hadron Collider are investigated. The final state of $Z \to l^+l^-$ and $h \to b\bar{b}$, may provide a promising way to simultaneously detect the $A$ and the $h$. The compact muon solenoid detector performance is adopted for a realistic study of observability. In this discovery channel, the masses of the $h$ and the $A$ can be reconstructed. The impact of supersymmetric decay modes is considered.
17 pages, REVTEX, 6 figures