Publication
Title
A search for pair production of new light bosons decaying into muons
Author
Institution/Organisation
CMS Collaboration
Abstract
A search for the pair production of new light bosons, each decaying into a pair of muons, is performed with the CMS experiment at the LHC, using a dataset corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.7 fb(-1) collected in proton-proton collisions at center-of-mass energy of root s = 8 TeV. No excess is observed in the data relative to standard model background expectation and a model independent upper limit on the product of the cross section, branching fraction, and acceptance is derived. The results are compared with two benchmark models, the first one in the context of the next-to-minimal super-symmetric standard model, and the second one in scenarios containing a hidden sector, including those predicting a nonnegligible light boson lifetime. (C) 2015 CERN for the benefit of the CMS Collaboration. Published by Elsevier B.V.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Physics letters : B. - Amsterdam, 1967, currens
Publication
Amsterdam : North-Holland , 2016
ISSN
0370-2693
DOI
10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2015.10.067
Volume/pages
752 (2016) , p. 146-168
ISI
000368026000023
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UAntwerpen
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Publications with a UAntwerp address
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