Charged Higgs bosons in the transition region ${M_{H^\pm} \sim m_t}$ at   the LHC
  We illustrate preliminary results obtained through Monte Carlo (HERWIG) and detector (ATLFAST) simulations of the $H^\pm\to\tau^\pm\nu_\tau$ signature of charged Higgs bosons with masses comparable to that of the top quark. 
K.A. Assamagan (BNL), M. Guchait (TIFR) and S. Moretti (Southampton)