Exclusive production of the MSSM Higgs bosons at the LHC

TL;DR

This paper discusses the potential of Central Exclusive Production at the LHC to detect and analyze MSSM Higgs bosons, emphasizing the use of forward proton detectors and exploring scenarios consistent with current experimental constraints.

Contribution

It evaluates the feasibility of using CEP with forward detectors to study MSSM Higgs bosons, including scenarios aligned with dark matter and precision measurements.

Findings

CEP can provide insights into the spin-parity of Higgs bosons.

Scenarios compatible with dark matter constraints are viable for MSSM Higgs detection.

Forward proton detectors enhance the potential to distinguish Higgs properties.

Abstract

We review the prospects for Central Exclusive Production (CEP) of BSM Higgs bosons at the LHC using forward proton detectors proposed to be installed at 220 m and 420 m from the ATLAS and/ or CMS. Results are presented for MSSM in standard benchmark scenarios and in scenarios compatible with the Cold Dark Matter relic abundance and other precision measurements. Following results of the LHC Higgs boson searches, we investigate a hypothesis that candidates found at a mass of 125 GeV are compatible with light CP-even MSSM Higgs bosons. We show that CEP can give a valuable information about spin-parity properties of the Higgs bosons.