Beyond the Standard Model Higgs at LHC

TL;DR

This paper reviews the potential for discovering additional Higgs bosons predicted by BSM theories like MSSM at the LHC, focusing on heavy flavor decay modes and detector capabilities.

Contribution

It presents simulation-based discovery prospects for extended Higgs sectors at the LHC, emphasizing heavy flavor channels and detector sensitivities.

Findings

Enhanced production and decay modes involving b and tau particles.

LHC detectors are well suited for heavy flavor final states.

Simulation studies indicate promising discovery potential.

Abstract

Models of Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) physics, like the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM), often involve an extended Higgs sector, giving rise to extra neutral or charged Higgs bosons. The discovery reach expected from simulation studies for such additional Higgs particles is presented for the ATLAS, CMS and FP420 detectors at the LHC. Emphasis is put on production and decay modes involving heavy flavour b and tau particles, which are enhanced in large regions of BSM parameter space. The LHC experiments are indeed particularly well equipped to tackle final states containing heavy flavour.