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Search for heavy neutral leptons in events with three charged leptons in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 13 TeV

dc.contributor.authorCMS collaboration (2290 authors)
dc.contributor.authorNayak, Aruna
dc.contributor.authorBargassa, Pedrame
dc.contributor.authorBeirão Da Cruz E Silva, Cristóvão
dc.contributor.authorDi Francesco, Agostino
dc.contributor.authorFaccioli, Pietro
dc.contributor.authorGalinhas, Bruno
dc.contributor.authorGallinaro, Michele
dc.contributor.authorHollar, Jonathan
dc.contributor.authorLeonardo, Nuno
dc.contributor.authorLloret Iglesias, Lara
dc.contributor.authorSeixas, Joao
dc.contributor.authorStrong, Giles
dc.contributor.authorToldaiev, Oleksii
dc.contributor.authorVadruccio, Daniele
dc.contributor.authorVarela, Joao
dc.contributor.authorVischia, Pietro
dc.contributor.authorDavid Tinoco Mendes, Andre
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorMusella, Pasquale
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-05T15:55:46Z
dc.date.available2019-02-05T15:55:46Z
dc.date.issued2018-05-30
dc.date.updated2019-02-05T15:55:46Z
dc.description.abstractA search for a heavy neutral lepton N of Majorana nature decaying into a W boson and a charged lepton is performed using the CMS detector at the LHC. The targeted signature consists of three prompt charged leptons in any flavor combination of electrons and muons. The data were collected in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, with an integrated luminosity of 35.9  fb-1. The search is performed in the N mass range between 1 GeV and 1.2 TeV. The data are found to be consistent with the expected standard model background. Upper limits are set on the values of |VeN|2 and |VμN|2, where VℓN is the matrix element describing the mixing of N with the standard model neutrino of flavor ℓ. These are the first direct limits for N masses above 500 GeV and the first limits obtained at a hadron collider for N masses below 40 GeV.
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewed
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.Lett. 120 (2018) 221801; DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.221801
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.221801
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/27574
dc.language.isoeng
dc.titleSearch for heavy neutral leptons in events with three charged leptons in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 13 TeV
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt
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