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Results Using ~2fb-1 Other Preliminary Results Published results

SM Higgs Combinations 1-2.4 fb-1 CDF Combination 1.0-2.4fb-1 Tevatron Combination


SM Higgs Description Result Datasets (pb-1) Last Update
WH -> WWW* 2 like-sign leptons Expected cross section x BR limit/SM < 33.1 @160GeV
Expected cross section x BR limit/Fermiophbic Higgs < 15.7 @120GeV 		1900 04/11/08
H -> WW* dilepton using NN discriminant with MEs Expected cross section x BR limit/SM < 2.5 @160GeV 2400 02/29/08
VH,VBH,gg-> H in 2&tau 2j 2&tau 2j using NN discriminants Expected cross section x BR limit/SM < 25 @115GeV 2000 02/22/08
WH -> l nu b bbar lepton, missing E_T, 2 jets (1 or 2 b-tags) using NN discriminant Expected cross section x BR limit/SM < 7.3 @115GeV 1900 01/25/08
VH -> MET b bbar missing E_T, 2 jets (2 b-tags) using NN discriminant Expected cross section x BR limit/SM < 8.3 @115GeV 1700 12/21/07
VH -> MET b bbar missing E_T, 2 jets (>=1 b-tag) using dijet mass
Expected cross section x BR limit/SM < 9.7 @115GeV 1700
08/10/07
ZH -> l l b bbar
2 leptons, 2 jets (2 b-tags) using NN discriminant
Expected cross section x BR limit/SM < 16 @115GeV
1000
07/03/07
ttH -> lvjjbbbb lepton, missing E_T, >= 5jets (>=3 b-tag) cross section x BR limit (APS06 talk) 320 04/20/06


SUSY Higgs and Related Searches Description Result Datasets (pb-1) Last Update
Technicolor Search lepton, missing E_T, 2 jets (1 or 2 b-tags) using dijet mass and Q distributions exclusion in techni rho vs. pi apce 1.9 fb-1 04/11/08
MSSM Higgs -> bb 3b exclusion in tan(beta) vs m(A) space 2/fb 02/29/08
MSSM Higgs -> di-tau 2 taus exclusion in tan(beta) vs m(A) space 1.8/fb 09/28/07
Search for anomalous tau production in b-tagged top quark events tau, e or mu, MET, b-jets Limit on BR(t -> H+ b) 335 06/22/06
MSSM Charged Higgs in top decays Public Note ttbar decays exclusion in tan(beta) vs m(H) space 194 06/06/05
Double Charged Higgs pair production, H++/-- -> e/mu + tau H++/-- -> e/mu + tau 322-350 04/06/06
Z -> bb b-jet calibration Z -> bb signal in Run 2 584 02/07



Higgs Publications


Search for the Higgs boson in events with missing transverse energy and b quark jets produced in proton-antiproton collisions at s**(1/2)=1.96 TeV.
T. Aaltonen et al., The CDF Collaboration, Submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett.
Abstract, PostScript.

Search for Standard Model Higgs Bosons Produced in Association with W Bosons
T. Aaltonen et al., The CDF Collaboration, Accepted by Phys. Rev. Lett.
Abstract, PostScript.

Search for a Neutral Higgs Boson Decaying to a W Boson Pair in p anti-p Collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.96 TeV
A. Abulencia et al., The CDF Collaboration, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 081802 (2006).
Abstract, PostScript (236KiB).

Search for Higgs Bosons Decaying to bb-bar and Produced in Association with W Bosons in p anti-p Collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.96 TeV
A. Abulencia et al., The CDF Collaboration, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 081803 (2006).
Abstract, PostScript (775KiB).

Search for Charged Higgs Bosons from Top Quark Decays in p anti-p Collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.96 TeV
A. Abulencia et al., The CDF Collaboration, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 042003 (2006).
Abstract, PostScript (479KiB).

Search for Neutral Higgs Bosons of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model Decaying to tau Pairs in p anti-p Collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.96 TeV
A. Abulencia et al., The CDF Collaboration, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 011802 (2006).
Abstract, PostScript (2020KiB).

A Search for Supersymmetric Higgs Bosons in the Di-Tau Decay Mode in p anti-p Collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.8 TeV
D. Acosta et al., The CDF Collaboration, Phys. Rev. D72, 072004 (2005).
Abstract, PostScript (3255KiB).

Search for Long-Lived Doubly-Charged Higgs Bosons in p anti-p Collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.96 TeV
D. Acosta et al., The CDF Collaboration, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 071801 (2005).
Abstract, PostScript (328KiB).

Search for Higgs Bosons Decaying into bb-bar and Produced in Association with a Vector Boson in p anti-p Collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.8 TeV
D. Acosta et al., The CDF Collaboration, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 051801 (2005).
Abstract, PostScript (410KiB).

Search for Doubly-Charged Higgs Bosons Decaying to Dileptons in p anti-p Collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.96 TeV
D. Acosta et al., The CDF Collaboration, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 221802 (2004).
Abstract, PostScript (252KiB).