Search for Higgs Bosons Decaying to Tau Pairs in pp Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 7 TeV

A search for Higgs bosons in the decay to two $\tau$ leptons is described. The search is performed in the $e\mu$-, $\mu\mu$- $\mu\tau_{h}$- and $e\tau_{h}$-channels according to the subsequent decays of the $\tau$ leptons, where $\tau_{h}$ stands for a hadronic decay mode. The analysis strategies for a Standard Model (SM) and a MSSM based search are outlined. The results are based on part of the 2011 data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $1.1$~fb${-1}$ recorded by the CMS experiment. No excess above the SM background expectation is observed in the reconstructed mass spectrum and upper limits on the Higgs boson cross section are set.