Closing the Window on Light Charged Higgs Bosons in the NMSSM

Table 3

The 𝑆/√𝐵 ratios obtained for an integrated luminosity of 20 fb⁻¹ for the different signals considered together with the branching ratios for the total decay chain 𝑡→𝑏ℎ⁺→𝑏𝑎₁𝑊→𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑊 of the respective parameter points and a linear extrapolation to the critical branching ratio necessary for a 5𝜎 discovery.

𝑚ℎ^±	100 GeV		130 GeV		150 GeV
𝑏−jet selection	high 𝑝⟂	low 𝑝⟂	high 𝑝⟂	low 𝑝⟂	high 𝑝⟂	low 𝑝⟂
𝑆/√𝐵	1.77	1.76	18.0	16.7	8.5	8.5
BR (𝑡→𝑏ℎ^+→𝑏𝑎1𝑊→𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑊)	0.0051		0.022		0.015
BRcrit	0.014	0.014	0.0060	0.0065	0.0085	0.0085