Search for lepton-flavor-violating decays of the Z boson into a τ lepton and a light lepton with the ATLAS detector

Autores
Alconada Verzini, María Josefina; Alonso, Francisco; Arduh, Francisco Anuar; Dova, María Teresa; Hoya, Joaquín; Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel; Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo; The ATLAS Collaboration
Año de publicación
2018
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Direct searches for lepton flavor violation in decays of the Z boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC are presented. Decays of the Z boson into an electron or muon and a hadronically decaying τ lepton are considered. The searches are based on a data sample of proton-proton collisions collected by the ATLAS detector in 2015 and 2016, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36.1 fb−1 at a center-of-mass energy of √s=13 TeV. No statistically significant excess of events above the expected background is observed, and upper limits on the branching ratios of lepton-flavor-violating decays are set at the 95% confidence level: (Z → eτ) < 5.8 × 10−5 and (Z → μτ) < 2.4 × 10−5. This is the first limit on (Z → eτ) with ATLAS data. The upper limit on (Z → μτ) is combined with a previous ATLAS result based on 20.3 fb−1 of proton-proton collision data at a center-of-mass energy of √s= 8 TeV and the combined upper limit at 95% confidence level is (Z → μτ) < 1.3 × 10−5.
La lista completa de autores que integran el documento puede consultarse en el archivo.
Instituto de Física La Plata
Materia
Física
Lepton flavor violation
Z boson decays
Branching ratio limit
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spelling Search for lepton-flavor-violating decays of the Z boson into a τ lepton and a light lepton with the ATLAS detectorAlconada Verzini, María JosefinaAlonso, FranciscoArduh, Francisco AnuarDova, María TeresaHoya, JoaquínMonticelli, Fernando GabrielWahlberg, Hernán PabloThe ATLAS CollaborationFísicaLepton flavor violationZ boson decaysBranching ratio limitDirect searches for lepton flavor violation in decays of the Z boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC are presented. Decays of the Z boson into an electron or muon and a hadronically decaying τ lepton are considered. The searches are based on a data sample of proton-proton collisions collected by the ATLAS detector in 2015 and 2016, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36.1 fb−1 at a center-of-mass energy of √s=13 TeV. No statistically significant excess of events above the expected background is observed, and upper limits on the branching ratios of lepton-flavor-violating decays are set at the 95% confidence level: (Z → eτ) &lt; 5.8 × 10−5 and (Z → μτ) &lt; 2.4 × 10−5. This is the first limit on (Z → eτ) with ATLAS data. The upper limit on (Z → μτ) is combined with a previous ATLAS result based on 20.3 fb−1 of proton-proton collision data at a center-of-mass energy of √s= 8 TeV and the combined upper limit at 95% confidence level is (Z → μτ) &lt; 1.3 × 10−5.La lista completa de autores que integran el documento puede consultarse en el archivo.Instituto de Física La Plata2018info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/195324enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/2470-0029info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1103/physrevd.98.092010info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2026-06-23T11:17:01Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/195324Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292026-06-23 11:17:01.754SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Search for lepton-flavor-violating decays of the Z boson into a τ lepton and a light lepton with the ATLAS detector
title Search for lepton-flavor-violating decays of the Z boson into a τ lepton and a light lepton with the ATLAS detector
spellingShingle Search for lepton-flavor-violating decays of the Z boson into a τ lepton and a light lepton with the ATLAS detector
Alconada Verzini, María Josefina
Física
Lepton flavor violation
Z boson decays
Branching ratio limit
title_short Search for lepton-flavor-violating decays of the Z boson into a τ lepton and a light lepton with the ATLAS detector
title_full Search for lepton-flavor-violating decays of the Z boson into a τ lepton and a light lepton with the ATLAS detector
title_fullStr Search for lepton-flavor-violating decays of the Z boson into a τ lepton and a light lepton with the ATLAS detector
title_full_unstemmed Search for lepton-flavor-violating decays of the Z boson into a τ lepton and a light lepton with the ATLAS detector
title_sort Search for lepton-flavor-violating decays of the Z boson into a τ lepton and a light lepton with the ATLAS detector
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Alconada Verzini, María Josefina
Alonso, Francisco
Arduh, Francisco Anuar
Dova, María Teresa
Hoya, Joaquín
Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel
Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo
The ATLAS Collaboration
author Alconada Verzini, María Josefina
author_facet Alconada Verzini, María Josefina
Alonso, Francisco
Arduh, Francisco Anuar
Dova, María Teresa
Hoya, Joaquín
Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel
Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo
The ATLAS Collaboration
author_role author
author2 Alonso, Francisco
Arduh, Francisco Anuar
Dova, María Teresa
Hoya, Joaquín
Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel
Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo
The ATLAS Collaboration
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Física
Lepton flavor violation
Z boson decays
Branching ratio limit
topic Física
Lepton flavor violation
Z boson decays
Branching ratio limit
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Direct searches for lepton flavor violation in decays of the Z boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC are presented. Decays of the Z boson into an electron or muon and a hadronically decaying τ lepton are considered. The searches are based on a data sample of proton-proton collisions collected by the ATLAS detector in 2015 and 2016, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36.1 fb−1 at a center-of-mass energy of √s=13 TeV. No statistically significant excess of events above the expected background is observed, and upper limits on the branching ratios of lepton-flavor-violating decays are set at the 95% confidence level: (Z → eτ) &lt; 5.8 × 10−5 and (Z → μτ) &lt; 2.4 × 10−5. This is the first limit on (Z → eτ) with ATLAS data. The upper limit on (Z → μτ) is combined with a previous ATLAS result based on 20.3 fb−1 of proton-proton collision data at a center-of-mass energy of √s= 8 TeV and the combined upper limit at 95% confidence level is (Z → μτ) &lt; 1.3 × 10−5.
La lista completa de autores que integran el documento puede consultarse en el archivo.
Instituto de Física La Plata
description Direct searches for lepton flavor violation in decays of the Z boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC are presented. Decays of the Z boson into an electron or muon and a hadronically decaying τ lepton are considered. The searches are based on a data sample of proton-proton collisions collected by the ATLAS detector in 2015 and 2016, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36.1 fb−1 at a center-of-mass energy of √s=13 TeV. No statistically significant excess of events above the expected background is observed, and upper limits on the branching ratios of lepton-flavor-violating decays are set at the 95% confidence level: (Z → eτ) &lt; 5.8 × 10−5 and (Z → μτ) &lt; 2.4 × 10−5. This is the first limit on (Z → eτ) with ATLAS data. The upper limit on (Z → μτ) is combined with a previous ATLAS result based on 20.3 fb−1 of proton-proton collision data at a center-of-mass energy of √s= 8 TeV and the combined upper limit at 95% confidence level is (Z → μτ) &lt; 1.3 × 10−5.
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