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Title: Search for heavy neutral resonances decaying to tau lepton pairs in proton-proton collisions at √𝑠 = 13  TeV
Authors: Hayrapetyan, A
Tumasyan, A
Adam, W
Andrejkovic, JW
Benato, L
Bergauer, T
Chatterjee, S
Damanakis, K
Dragicevic, M
Hussain, PS
Jeitler, M
Mora Herrera, C
Rebello Teles, P
Soeiro, M
Vilela Pereira, A
Aldá, WL
CMS Collaboration
Barroso Ferreira Filho, M
Brandao Malbouisson, H
Carvalho, W
Reid, ID
Chinellato, J
Da Costa, EM
Kyberd, P
Da Silveira, GG
Khan, A
Cole, JE
Krammer, N
Li, A
Liko, D
Mikulec, I
Schieck, J
Schöfbeck, R
Schwarz, D
Sonawane, M
Waltenberger, W
Wulz, CE
Janssen, T
Van Laer, T
Van Mechelen, P
Breugelmans, N
D’Hondt, J
Dansana, S
De Moor, A
Delcourt, M
Heyen, F
Lowette, S
Makarenko, I
Müller, D
Tavernier, S
Tytgat, M
Van Onsem, GP
Van Putte, S
Vannerom, D
Bilin, B
Clerbaux, B
Das, AK
De Bruyn, I
De Lentdecker, G
Evard, H
Favart, L
Gianneios, P
Jaramillo, J
Khalilzadeh, A
Khan, FA
Lee, K
Mahdavikhorrami, M
Malara, A
Paredes, S
Shahzad, MA
Thomas, L
Vanden Bemden, M
Vander Velde, C
Vanlaer, P
De Coen, M
Dobur, D
Gokbulut, G
Hong, Y
Knolle, J
Lambrecht, L
Marckx, D
Mota Amarilo, K
Skovpen, K
Van Den Bossche, N
van der Linden, J
Wezenbeek, L
Benecke, A
Bethani, A
Bruno, G
Caputo, C
De Favereau De Jeneret, J
Delaere, C
Donertas, IS
Giammanco, A
Guzel, AO
Jain, S
Lemaitre, V
Lidrych, J
Mastrapasqua, P
Tran, TT
Alves, GA
Coelho, E
Correia Silva, G
Hensel, C
Menezes De Oliveira, T
Keywords: hypothetical gauge bosons;tau leptons;hadron colliders;high energy physics - experiment (hep-ex)
Issue Date: 16-Jun-2025
Publisher: American Physical Society
Citation: Hayrapetyan, A. et al. for the benefit of the CMS collaboration (2025) 'Search for heavy neutral resonances decaying to tau lepton pairs in proton-proton collisions at √𝑠 = 13  TeV', Physical Review D, 111 (11), 112004, pp. 1–26. doi: 10.1103/physrevd.111.112004.
Series/Report no.: Report numbers; CMS-EXO-21-016, CERN-EP-2024-292
Abstract: A search for heavy neutral gauge bosons (𝑍′) decaying into a pair of tau leptons is performed in proton-proton collisions at √𝑠 = 13  TeV at the CERN LHC. The data were collected with the CMS detector and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 138  fb⁻¹. The observations are found to be in agreement with the expectation from standard model processes. Limits at 95% confidence level are set on the product of the 𝑍′ production cross section and its branching fraction to tau lepton pairs for a range of 𝑍′ boson masses. For a narrow resonance in the sequential standard model scenario, a 𝑍′ boson with a mass below 3.5 TeV is excluded. This is the most stringent limit to date from this type of search.
Description: Data availability: Release and preservation of data used by the CMS Collaboration as the basis for publications is guided by the CMS data preservation, re-use and open access policy [77]. CMS data availability statement, 10.7483/OPENDATA.CMS.1BNU.8V1W.
A version of the article is available at arXiv:2412.04357v2 [hep-ex] (https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.04357) under a CC BY license. Comments: Replaced with the published version. Added the journal reference and the DOI. All the figures and tables can be found at https://cms-results.web.cern.ch/cms-results/public-results/publications/EXO-21-016 (CMS Public Pages). Report numbers: CMS-EXO-21-016, CERN-EP-2024-292. Journal reference: Phys. Rev. D 111 (2025) 112004. Submission history: From: The CMS Collaboration: [v1] Thu, 5 Dec 2024 17:16:13 UTC (454 KB); [v2] Wed, 18 Jun 2025 08:14:20 UTC (418 KB).
URI: https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/33658
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.111.112004
ISSN: 2470-0010
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