Search for neutral Higgs bosons decaying to tau pairs in association with b-quarks at the D0 Detector

Abstract

We report results from a search for neutral Higgs bosons decaying to tau pairs produced in association with a b-quark in 1.2/fb of data taken from June 2006 to August 2007 with the D0 detector at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. The final state includes a muon, hadronically decaying tau and jet identified as coming from a $b$-quark. We set cross section times branching ratio limits on production of such neutral Higgs bosons in the mass range from 90 GeV/c^2 to 160 GeV/c^2. Exclusion limits are set at the 95% Confidence Level for several supersymmetric scenarios.

4 pages, 4 figures, Proceedings of the Lake Louise Winter Institute 2009