τ polarization as a signal of charged Higgs bosons

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25 November 1991

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 67 (22) , 3055-3057
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.67.3055

Abstract

A measurement of the τ polarization at hadron colliders offers an excellent signal for the detection of charged Higgs bosons, via the decay

H^{\pm}

→

τ^{\pm}

ν. We show how such a determination can distinguish these events from the

W^{\pm}

→

τ^{\pm}

ν background, for each of the τ→πν, ρν,

a_{1}

ν, and lνν¯ decay channels.

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