Searches for Higgs and BSM at the Tevatron

TL;DR

This paper reviews recent experimental searches for the Higgs boson and BSM physics at the Tevatron collider, highlighting results from 2 fb-1 of data and prospects for future discoveries across various models.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of the latest direct search results for Higgs and BSM physics at the Tevatron, including sensitivity projections and potential discovery scenarios.

Findings

Limits set on SM and MSSM Higgs bosons

Constraints on supersymmetric and extended models

Potential for Higgs discovery in specific mass ranges

Abstract

This paper presents an overview of recent experimental direct searches for Higgs-boson and beyond-the-standard-model (BSM) physics shown in the plenary session at the SUSY07 conference. The results reported correspond to an integrated luminosity of up to 2 fb-1 of Run II data from $p\bar{p}$ collisions collected by the CDF and D0 experiments at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. Searches covered include: the standard model (SM) Higgs boson (including sensitivity projections), the minimal supersymmetric extension of the standard model (MSSM), charged Higgs bosons and extended Higgs models, supersymmetric decays that conserve R-parity, gauge-mediated supersymmetric breaking models, long-lived particles, leptoquarks, extra gauge bosons, extra dimensions, and finally signature-based searches. Given the excellent performance of the collider and the continued productivity of the experiments, the Tevatron physics potential looks very promising for discovery in the coming larger data sets. In particular, the Higgs boson could be observed if its mass is light or near 160 GeV.