HIGGS MASSES AND COUPLING WITHIN AN EXTENSION OF THE MSSM WITH HIGGS TRIPLETS

Abstract

We study the properties of the Higgs sector in an extended SUSY model that includes a complex (Y=0) Higgs triplet. In particular, we evaluate the Higgs masses and their couplings to gauge bosons, including the leading radiative corrections using the one-loop effective potential. The mass difference between the CP-even and CP-odd neutral scalars, which can mimic a CP-violating Higgs signature of the MSSM, is also studied. Then, we study the range of parameters that are bounded from the LEP2 search for neutral Higgs bosons, as well as the corresponding region where at least one of the neutral CP-even Higgs boson can be detected at a future e+e- collider with a c.m. energy of 500 GeV.