# 1 Summary of preliminary results

## 1 Summary of preliminary results

The analyses designed for the 189 $`\mathrm{GeV}`$ data, described in detail in , have been applied without any modifications to the data collected by ALEPH up to July 27, 1999. The data sample comprises 29.0 $`\mathrm{pb}^1`$ at $`\sqrt{s}`$=191.6 $`\mathrm{GeV}`$ and 69.5 $`\mathrm{pb}^1`$ at $`\sqrt{s}`$=195.6 $`\mathrm{GeV}`$.

The expected numbers of background events, the expected signal for a Higgs boson with $`m_\mathrm{h}`$=100 $`\mathrm{GeV}/c^2`$ and the numbers of selected candidates are listed in Table 1 for the hZ analyses and in Table 2 for the hA analyses. The reconstructed mass of the candidates selected by the NN- and cut-based hZ searches are displayed in Fig. 1(a) and (b). No departure from the Standard Model expectations is observed. This leads to improved 95% confidence level limits when the latest data are combined with those collected by ALEPH at lower energies. The confidence levels for the data in the background only hypothesis or the background and signal hypothesis are shown in Fig. 2(a) and (b). The limit obtained for the Standard Model Higgs boson is $`m_\mathrm{h}`$$``$98.8 $`\mathrm{GeV}/c^2`$, with an expected limit of 99.9 $`\mathrm{GeV}/c^2`$. The limit is calculated as described in , with the proper treatment of the overlap between the hZ and hA four jet and $`\tau ^+\tau ^{}`$ selections. The stand-alone hZ observed limit from the cut-based set of analyses is 97.6 $`\mathrm{GeV}/c^2`$, with 98.7 $`\mathrm{GeV}/c^2`$ for the expected limit. For the CP-even boson h of the MSSM, the limit is 85.2 $`\mathrm{GeV}/c^2`$, for all values of $`\mathrm{tan}\beta `$ above 1, with 86.1 $`\mathrm{GeV}/c^2`$ expected. Fig. 3 shows the excluded domain in the $`m_\mathrm{h}`$$`\mathrm{tan}\beta `$plane.