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Title: Search for an L <inf>μ</inf>  − L <inf>τ</inf> gauge boson using Z → 4μ events in proton-proton collisions at s=13 TeV
Authors: Sirunyan, AM
Tumasyan, A
Adam, W
Ambrogi, F
Asilar, E
Bergauer, T
Brandstetter, J
Dragicevic, M
Erö, J
Escalante Del Valle, A
Flechl, M
Frühwirth, R
Ghete, VM
Hrubec, J
Jeitler, M
Krammer, N
Krätschmer, I
Liko, D
Madlener, T
Mikulec, I
Rad, N
Rohringer, H
Schieck, J
Schöfbeck, R
Spanring, M
Spitzbart, D
Taurok, A
Waltenberger, W
Wittmann, J
Wulz, CE
Zarucki, M
Chekhovsky, V
Mossolov, V
Suarez Gonzalez, J
De Wolf, EA
Di Croce, D
Janssen, X
Lauwers, J
Pieters, M
Van Haevermaet, H
Van Mechelen, P
Van Remortel, N
Abu Zeid, S
Blekman, F
D'Hondt, J
De Bruyn, I
De Clercq, J
Deroover, K
Flouris, G
Lontkovskyi, D
Lowette, S
Marchesini, I
Moortgat, S
Moreels, L
Python, Q
Skovpen, K
Tavernier, S
Van Doninck, W
Van Mulders, P
Van Parijs, I
Beghin, D
Bilin, B
Brun, H
Clerbaux, B
De Lentdecker, G
Delannoy, H
Dorney, B
Fasanella, G
Favart, L
Goldouzian, R
Grebenyuk, A
Kalsi, AK
Lenzi, T
Luetic, J
Postiau, N
Starling, E
Thomas, L
Vander Velde, C
Vanlaer, P
Vannerom, D
Wang, Q
Cornelis, T
Dobur, D
Fagot, A
Gul, M
Khvastunov, I
Poyraz, D
Roskas, C
Trocino, D
Tytgat, M
Verbeke, W
Vermassen, B
Vit, M
Zaganidis, N
Bakhshiansohi, H
Bondu, O
Brochet, S
Bruno, G
Caputo, C
David, P
Keywords: CMS;Physics;Zprime;Muons
Issue Date: 29-Mar-2019
Publisher: Elsevier
Citation: Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 2019, 792 pp. 345 - 368
Abstract: A search for a narrow Z' gauge boson with a mass between 5 and 70 GeV resulting from an Lμ − Lτ U(1) local gauge symmetry is reported. Theories that predict such a particle have been proposed as an explanation of various experimental discrepancies, including the lack of a dark matter signal in direct detection experiments, tension in the measurement of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, and reports of possible lepton flavor universality violation in B meson decays. A data sample of proton proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV is used, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 77.3 fb−1 recorded in 2016 and 2017 by the CMS detector at the LHC. Events containing four muons with an invariant mass near the standard model Z boson mass are analyzed, and the selection is further optimized to be sensitive to the events that may contain Z → Z' μμ → 4μ decays. The event yields are consistent with the standard model predictions. Upper limits of 10−8–10−7 at 95% confidence level are set on the product of branching fractions B(Z → Z' μμ)B(Z' → μμ), depending on the Z' mass, which excludes a Z' boson coupling strength to muons above 0.004–0.3. These are the first dedicated limits on Lμ − Lτ models at the LHC and result in a significant increase in the excluded model parameter space. The results of this search may also be used to constrain the coupling strength of any light Z' gauge boson to muons.
URI: http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/18033
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2019.01.072
ISSN: 0370-2693
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2019.01.072
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