MSSM Higgs Boson Phenomenology at the Tevatron Collider

Abstract

The Higgs sector of the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM) consists of five physical Higgs bosons, which offer a variety of channels for their experimental search. The present study aims to further our understanding of the Tevatron reach for MSSM Higgs bosons, addressing relevant theoretical issues related to the SUSY parameter space, with special emphasis on the radiative corrections to the down--quark and lepton couplings to the Higgs bosons for large $\tanβ$. We performed a computation of the signal and backgrounds for the production processes $Wϕ$ and $b \bar{b} ϕ$ at the upgraded Tevatron, with $ϕ$ being the neutral MSSM Higgs bosons. Detailed experimental information and further higher order calculations are demanded to confirm/refine these predictions.

47 pages, REVTex format, 15 figures; spacing changed to reduce length, references added or moved within manuscript for clarity, some rewording, labelling corrected on two figures, results unchanged