Search for Neutral Higgs Boson Production in the Decay h to tau(mu) tau with the D0 Detector

Abstract

A search for the production of neutral Higgs bosons decaying into tau tau final states is presented. One of the two tau leptons is required to decay into a muon. The data were collected by the D0 detector and correspond to an integrated luminosity of about 1.0 fb-1. No excess is observed above the expected backgrounds. The results are interpreted in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model. In the mass range 90<mA<200 GeV values of tan(beta) larger than 40-60 are excluded for the no-mixing and the mhmax benchmark scenarios.