Search for Doubly-Charged Higgs Bosons Decaying to Dileptons in ppbar Collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV

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We present the results of a search for doubly-charged Higgs bosons (H+/-+/-) decaying to dileptons using 240/pb of ppbar collision data collected by the CDF II experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron. In our search region, given by same-sign dilepton mass mₗl' > 80 GeV/c² (100 GeV/c² for dielectron channel), we observe no evidence for doubly-charged Higgs production. We set limits on sigma (ppbar --> H++H-- --> l+l+l-l-) as a function of the mass of the doubly-charged Higgs boson and the chirality of its couplings. Assuming exclusive same-sign dilepton decays, we derive lower mass limits on H+/-+/-ₗ of 133 GeV/c², 136 GeV/c², and 115 GeV/c² in the ee, mu mu, and e mu channels, respectively, and a lower mass limit of 113 GeV/c² on H+/-+/-ᵣ in the mu mu channel, all at the 95% confidence level.