HIGGS-BOSON PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH SCALAR TOP QUARKS AT PROTON COLLIDERS

We investigate the production of Higgs particles in association with t he supersymmetric scalar partners of the top quark at proton colliders . In the minimal supersymmetric extension of the standard model, the c ross sections for the lightest neutral Higgs boson production fan be r attler large, substantially exceeding the rate for the associated prod uction with top quarks. If the lightest top squark is not much heavier than the top quark, this process will enhance the potential of the CE RN Large Hadron Collider to discover the tightest neutral Higgs boson, and will open a window to the study of the Higgs-stop coupling, the p otentially largest electroweak coupling in the supersymmetric theory.