This Letter presents a search for high-mass resonances decaying into τ+τ− final states using proton–proton collisions at √s = 7 TeV produced by the Large Hadron Collider. The data were recorded with the ATLAS detector and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 4.6 fb−1. No statistically significant excess above the Standard Model expectation is observed; 95% credibility upper limits are set on the cross section times branching fraction of Z resonances decaying into τ+τ− pairs as a function of the resonance mass. As a result, Z bosons of the Sequential Standard Model with masses less than 1.40 TeV are excluded at 95% credibility.
A search for high-mass resonances decaying to τ+τ− in pp collisions at √s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
CONTA, CLAUDIO;FRANCHINO, SILVIA;FRATERNALI, MARCO;LIVAN, MICHELE;NEGRI, ANDREA;REBUZZI, DANIELA MARCELLA;RIMOLDI, ADELE;USLENGHI, MASSIMILIANO;
2013-01-01
Abstract
This Letter presents a search for high-mass resonances decaying into τ+τ− final states using proton–proton collisions at √s = 7 TeV produced by the Large Hadron Collider. The data were recorded with the ATLAS detector and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 4.6 fb−1. No statistically significant excess above the Standard Model expectation is observed; 95% credibility upper limits are set on the cross section times branching fraction of Z resonances decaying into τ+τ− pairs as a function of the resonance mass. As a result, Z bosons of the Sequential Standard Model with masses less than 1.40 TeV are excluded at 95% credibility.File in questo prodotto:
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