Simultaneous search for two Higgs bosons of minimal supersymmetry at the CERN LHC.

Abstract

The prospects of detecting the {ital CP}-odd Higgs pseudoscalar ({ital A}) in the minimal supersymmetric model via its decay into a {ital Z} boson and the lighter {ital CP}-even Higgs scalar ({ital h}) at the CERN Large Hadron Collider are investigated. The final state of {ital Z}{r_arrow}{ital l}{sup +}{ital l}{sup {minus}} and {ital h}{r_arrow}{ital b{bar b}} may provide a promising way to simultaneously detect the {ital A} and the {ital h}. The compact muon solenoid detector performance is adopted for a realistic study of observability. In this discovery channel, the masses of the {ital h} and the {ital A} can be reconstructed. The impact of supersymmetric decay modes is considered. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}