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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 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Electronic and Electrical Engineering Research Papers |
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