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Interpreting the LHC Higgs Search Results in the MSSM.
Recent results reported by the ATLAS and CMS experiments on the search for a
SM-like Higgs boson both show an excess for a Higgs mass near 125 GeV, which is
mainly driven by the \gamma\gamma\ and ZZ^* decay channels, but also receives
some support from channels with a lower mass resolution. We discuss the
implications of this possible signal within the context of the minimal
supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM), taking into account previous limits from
Higgs searches at LEP, the Tevatron and the LHC. The consequences for the
remaining MSSM parameter space are investigated. Under the assumption of a
Higgs signal we derive new lower bounds on the tree-level parameters of the
MSSM Higgs sector. We also discuss briefly an alternative interpretation of the
excess in terms of the heavy CP-even Higgs boson, a scenario which is found to
be still viable.Comment: 12 pages, 4 figures. v3: Extended discussion on heavy Higgs case,
agrees with published versio