Abstract

A search for heavy leptons decaying to a Z boson and an electron or a muon is presented. The search is based on pp collision data taken at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV by the ATLAS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb−1. Three high-transverse-momentum electrons or muons are selected, with two of them required to be consistent with originating from a Z boson decay. No significant excess above Standard Model background predictions is observed, and 95% confidence level limits on the production cross section of high-mass trilepton resonances are derived. The results are interpreted in the context of vector-like lepton and type-III seesaw models. For the vector-like lepton model, most heavy lepton mass values in the range 114-176 GeV are excluded. For the type-III seesaw model, most mass values in the range 100-468 GeV are excluded.

Autore Pugliese

• Spagnolo Stefania Antonia , Ventura Andrea , Gorini Edoardo

Tutti gli autori

• G. AAD , G. CHIODINI , E. GORINI , M. PRIMAVERA , S. SPAGNOLO , A. VENTURA , ET AL.

Titolo volume/Rivista

JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS

Anno di pubblicazione

2015

ISSN

1126-6708

ISBN

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Numero di citazioni Wos

8

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

28/04/2018

Numero di citazioni Scopus

2

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

28/04/2018

Settori ERC

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Codici ASJC

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