Abstract
We compute the complete next-to-leading order SUSY-QCD corrections for the associated production of a charged Higgs boson with a top quark via bottom-gluon fusion. We investigate the applicability of the bottom parton description in detail. The higher order corrections can be split into real and virtual corrections for a general two Higgs doublet model and into additional massive supersymmetric loop contributions. We find that the perturbative behavior is well under control. The supersymmetric contributions consist of the universal bottom Yukawa coupling corrections and nonfactorizable diagrams. Over most of the relevant supersymmetric parameter space the Yukawa coupling corrections are sizable, while the remaining supersymmetric loop contributions are negligible.
- Received 26 August 2002
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.67.014018
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