Tools for charged Higgs bosons

Abstract

We review the status of publicly available software tools applicable to charged Higgs physics. A selection of codes are highlighted in more detail, focusing on new developments that have taken place since the previous charged Higgs workshop in 2008. We conclude that phenomenologists now have the tools ready to face the LHC data. A new webpage collecting charged Higgs resources is presented.

Review of prospects for H+ in SUSY models in view of ATLAS and CMS results

“…The model predictions for the combined rate range from about 1% at low M H ± (which is very close to the current upper limit) to about 0.5% at higher M H ± . 6 As a final point on the heavy Higgs interpretation, we would like to stress the importance that charged Higgs searches in this mass range are pursued to lower values of BR(t → bH + ) even if this scenario is ruled out in the MSSM by searches in other channels. Only in this way is it possible to close any remaining "holes" in the exclusion of other theories (e.g.…”

“…(1.1) are also known, but are generically of much lower numerical relevance than those affecting M h . State-of-the-art predictions for the MSSM Higgs sector are readily available for phenomenological studies using public software programs; see [6] for a review of codes relevant for charged Higgs phenomenology.…”