Searching for supersymmetric Higgs bosons.

Abstract

Several mechanisms to detect the complete spectrum of Higgs bosons, within the context of a minimal supersymmetric extension of the standard model, are studied. The spectrum consists of two neutral CP-even scalars $h\sp0$ and $H\sp0$, a neutral CP-odd scalar $A\sp0$ and a charged pair $H\sp\pm$. It is found that most alternatives, characterized by the masses of the two CP-even scalars, could show up at present and future high energy machines. There are several interesting signals arising from the decays of the Higgs bosons into supersymmetric modes. Results are summarized in tables 4.1, 5.1 and 6.4 on pages 57, 76 and 90 respectively.