F. Abe et al., SEARCH FOR THE TOP-QUARK DECAYING TO A CHARGED-HIGGS-BOSON IN P(P)OVER-BAR COLLISIONS AT ROOT-S=1.8 TEV, Physical review letters, 73(20), 1994, pp. 2667-2671
We present the results of a search in (p) over bar p collisions at roo
t s = 1.8 TeV for the top quark decaying to a charged Higgs boson (H-/-). We search for dilepton final states from the decay chain <t(t)ove
r bar> --> HH (or HW, or WW) + <b(b)over bar> --> ll + X. In a sample
of 19.3 pb(-1) collected during 1992-93 with the Collider Detector at
Fermilab, we observe 2 events with a background estimation of 3.0 +/-
1.0 events. Limits at 95% C.L. in the (M(top), M(H+/-)) plane are pres
ented. For the case M(top) < M(W) + M(b), we exclude at 95% C.L. the e
ntire (M(top), M(H+/-)) plane for the branching ratio B(H --> tau nu)
larger than 75%. We also interpret the results in terms of the paramet
er tan beta of two-Higgs-doublet models.