# Search for charged Higgs bosons produced in vector boson fusion processes and decaying into a pair of W and Z bosons using proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 13 TeV

## TL;DR

This paper reports a search for charged Higgs bosons produced via vector boson fusion and decaying into W and Z bosons, using proton-proton collision data at 13 TeV, setting limits on production cross sections and interpreting results in Higgs triplet models.

## Contribution

First search for charged Higgs bosons in VBF production decaying into WZ using 13 TeV data, providing new limits and model interpretations.

## Key findings

- No significant excess observed over the Standard Model.
- Limits set on production cross section times branching ratio from 200 to 2000 GeV.
- Results interpreted within Higgs triplet models.

## Abstract

A search for charged Higgs bosons produced via vector boson fusion and decaying into W and Z bosons using proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 13 TeV is presented. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 15.2 inverse femtobarns collected with the CMS detector in 2015 and 2016. The event selection requires three leptons (electrons or muons), two jets with large pseudorapidity separation and high dijet mass, and missing transverse momentum. The observation agrees with the standard model prediction. Limits on the vector boson fusion production cross section times branching fraction for new charged physical states are reported as a function of mass from 200 to 2000 GeV and interpreted in the context of Higgs triplet models.