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Search for heavy lepton resonances decaying to a $Z$ boson and a lepton in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=8$ TeV with the ATLAS detector
| dc.contributor.author | ATLAS collaboration (2828 authors) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Aguilar-Saavedra, Juan Antonio | |
| dc.contributor.author | Amor Dos Santos, Susana Patricia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Anjos, Nuno | |
| dc.contributor.author | Araque, Juan Pedro | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cantrill, Robert | |
| dc.contributor.author | Carvalho, João | |
| dc.contributor.author | Castro, Nuno Filipe | |
| dc.contributor.author | Conde Muiño, Patricia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Da Cunha Sargedas De Sousa, Mario Jose | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fiolhais, Miguel | |
| dc.contributor.author | Galhardo, Bruno | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gomes, Agostinho | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gonçalo, Ricardo | |
| dc.contributor.author | Jorge, Pedro | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lopes, Lourenco | |
| dc.contributor.author | Machado Miguens, Joana | |
| dc.contributor.author | Maio, Amélia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Maneira, José | |
| dc.contributor.author | Onofre, António | |
| dc.contributor.author | Palma, Alberto | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pedro, Rute | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pina, João Antonio | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pinto, Belmiro | |
| dc.contributor.author | Santos, Helena | |
| dc.contributor.author | Saraiva, João | |
| dc.contributor.author | Silva, José | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tavares Delgado, Ademar | |
| dc.contributor.author | Veloso, Filipe | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wolters, Helmut | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-04T07:00:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-02-04T07:00:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-09-16 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2019-02-04T07:00:29Z | |
| dc.description.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. | |
| dc.description.version | Peer Reviewed | |
| dc.identifier | JHEP 1509 (2015) 108; DOI 10.1007/JHEP09(2015)108 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2015)108 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/26853 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.title | Search for heavy lepton resonances decaying to a $Z$ boson and a lepton in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=8$ TeV with the ATLAS detector | |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt |
| rcaap.type | article |