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Search for excited electrons and muons in $\sqrt{s}$=8 TeV proton-proton collisions with the ATLAS detector

2013-09-06Journal article Open access
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dc.contributor.authorATLAS collaboration (2935 authors)
dc.contributor.authorAguilar-Saavedra, Juan Antonio
dc.contributor.authorAmor Dos Santos, Susana Patricia
dc.contributor.authorAnjos, Nuno
dc.contributor.authorCantrill, Robert
dc.contributor.authorCarvalho, João
dc.contributor.authorCastro, Nuno Filipe
dc.contributor.authorConde Muiño, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorDa Cunha Sargedas De Sousa, Mario Jose
dc.contributor.authorDo Valle Wemans, André
dc.contributor.authorFiolhais, Miguel
dc.contributor.authorGalhardo, Bruno
dc.contributor.authorGomes, Agostinho
dc.contributor.authorGonçalo, Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorJorge, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorLopes, Lourenco
dc.contributor.authorMachado Miguens, Joana
dc.contributor.authorMaio, Amélia
dc.contributor.authorManeira, José
dc.contributor.authorMarques, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Miguel Alfonso
dc.contributor.authorOnofre, António
dc.contributor.authorPalma, Alberto
dc.contributor.authorPina, João Antonio
dc.contributor.authorPinto, Belmiro
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Helena
dc.contributor.authorSaraiva, João
dc.contributor.authorSilva, José
dc.contributor.authorTavares Delgado, Ademar
dc.contributor.authorVeloso, Filipe
dc.contributor.authorWolters, Helmut
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-03T23:18:05Z
dc.date.available2019-02-03T23:18:05Z
dc.date.issued2013-09-06
dc.date.updated2019-02-03T23:18:04Z
dc.description.abstractThe ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider is used to search for excited electrons and excited muons in the channel pp → ℓℓ* → ℓℓγ, assuming that excited leptons are produced via contact interactions. The analysis is based on 13 fb−1 of pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. No evidence for excited leptons is found, and a limit is set at the 95% credibility level on the cross section times branching ratio as a function of the excited-lepton mass mℓ*. For mℓ* ⩾ 0.8 TeV, the respective upper limits on σB(ℓ* → ℓγ) are 0.75 and 0.90 fb for the e* and μ* searches. Limits on σB are converted into lower bounds on the compositeness scale Λ. In the special case where Λ = mℓ*, excited-electron and excited-muon masses below 2.2 TeV are excluded.
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewed
dc.identifierNew J.Phys. 15 (2013) 093011; DOI 10.1088/1367-2630/15/9/093011
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/15/9/093011
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/26463
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relationEuropean Grid Initiative: Integrated Sustainable Pan-European Infrastructure for Researchers in Europe
dc.titleSearch for excited electrons and muons in $\sqrt{s}$=8 TeV proton-proton collisions with the ATLAS detector
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.awardTitleEuropean Grid Initiative: Integrated Sustainable Pan-European Infrastructure for Researchers in Europe
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/261323/EU
oaire.fundingStreamFP7
project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100008530
project.funder.nameEuropean Commission
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