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Title
Search for heavy resonances decaying to tau lepton pairs in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV
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Abstract
A search for heavy resonances that decay to tau lepton pairs is performed using proton-proton collisions at root s = 13 TeV. The data were collected with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 2.2 fb(-1). The observations are in agreement with standard model predictions. An upper limit at 95% confidence level on the product of the production cross section and branching fraction into tau lepton pairs is calculated as a function of the resonance mass. For the sequential standard model, the presence of Z' bosons decaying into tau lepton pairs is excluded for Z/ masses below 2.1 TeV, extending previous limits for this final state. For the topcolor-assisted technicolor model, which predicts Z' bosons that preferentially couple to third-generation fermions, Z' masses below 1.7 TeV are excluded, representing the most stringent limit to date.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Journal of high energy physics. - Bristol
Publication
Bristol : 2017
ISSN
1126-6708
1029-8479 [online]
DOI
10.1007/JHEP02(2017)048
Volume/pages
2 (2017) , 35 p.
Article Reference
048
ISI
000394322000001
Medium
E-only publicatie
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Last edited 09.10.2023
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