Search for a heavy composite Majorana neutrino in events with dilepton signatures from proton-proton collisions at √s=13 Tev
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Abstract
Results are presented of a search for a heavy Majorana neutrino Image 1 decaying into two same-flavor leptons ℓ (electrons or muons) and a quark-pair jet. A model is considered in which the Image 1 is an excited neutrino in a compositeness scenario. The analysis is performed using a sample of proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV
recorded by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb−1. The data are found to be in agreement with the standard model prediction. For the process in which the Image 1 is produced in association with a lepton, followed by the decay of the Image 1 to a same-flavor lepton and a quark pair, an upper limit at 95% confidence level on the product of the cross section and branching fraction is obtained as a function of the Image 1 mass Image 2 and the compositeness scale Λ. For this model the data exclude the existence of Image 3 (Image 4) for Image 2 below 6.0 (6.1) TeV, at the limit where Image 2 is equal to Λ. For Image 5, values of Λ less than 20 (23) TeV are excluded. These results represent a considerable improvement in sensitivity, covering a larger parameter space than previous searches in Image 6 collisions at 13 TeV.
recorded by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb−1. The data are found to be in agreement with the standard model prediction. For the process in which the Image 1 is produced in association with a lepton, followed by the decay of the Image 1 to a same-flavor lepton and a quark pair, an upper limit at 95% confidence level on the product of the cross section and branching fraction is obtained as a function of the Image 1 mass Image 2 and the compositeness scale Λ. For this model the data exclude the existence of Image 3 (Image 4) for Image 2 below 6.0 (6.1) TeV, at the limit where Image 2 is equal to Λ. For Image 5, values of Λ less than 20 (23) TeV are excluded. These results represent a considerable improvement in sensitivity, covering a larger parameter space than previous searches in Image 6 collisions at 13 TeV.
Date Issued
2023-08-10
Date Acceptance
2023-02-22
Citation
Physics Letters B, 2023, 843
ISSN
0370-2693
Publisher
Elsevier
Journal / Book Title
Physics Letters B
Volume
843
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© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Funded by SCOAP3.
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Funded by SCOAP3.
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Subjects
Astronomy & Astrophysics
BOUNDS
CMS
Composite fermions
Heavy leptons
LEPTON
LEVEL
LHC
MODELS
PAIR PRODUCTION
Physical Sciences
Physics
Physics, Nuclear
Physics, Particles & Fields
QUARK
Science & Technology
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
137803
Date Publish Online
2023-06-14