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H. and and Teague, D. and Trembath-reichert, S. and Vetens, W. and CMS and Collaboration", journal = "The European Physical Journal C - Particles and Fields", year = "2021", volume = "81", number = "8", publisher = "Springer-Verlag", issn = "1434-6044, 1434-6052", doi = "10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09472-3", abstract = "A search for charged Higgs bosons produced in vector boson fusion processes and decaying into vector bosons, using proton-proton collisions at root s = 13 TeV at the LHC, is reported. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb(-1) collected with the CMS detector. Events are selected by requiring two or three electrons or muons, moderate missing transverse momentum, and two jets with a large rapidity separation and a large dijet mass. No excess of events with respect to the standard model background predictions is observed. Model independent upper limits at 95% confidence level are reported on the product of the cross section and branching fraction for vector boson fusion production of charged Higgs bosons as a function of mass, from 200 to 3000 GeV. The results are interpreted in the context of the Georgi-Machacek model." }