Search for a new Z′ gauge boson in 4μ events with the ATLAS experiment

This paper presents a search for a new Z′ vector gauge boson with the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider using pp collision data collected at $$ \sqrt{s} $$= 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb−1. The new gauge boson Z′ is predicted by Lμ − Lτ models to address obs...

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Main Authors: Aad, Georges (Author) , Baltes, Lisa Marie (Author) , Bartels, Falk (Author) , Castillo, Florencia Luciana (Author) , Rio, Fernando del (Author) , Czurylo, Marta (Author) , Dittmeier, Sebastian (Author) , Dunford, Monica (Author) , Franchino, Silvia (Author) , Klassen, Martin (Author) , Mkrtchyan, Tigran (Author) , Ott, Philipp (Author) , Rassloff, Damir Fabrice (Author) , Rodriguez Bosca, Sergi (Author) , Sauer, Christof (Author) , Schöning, André (Author) , Schultz-Coulon, Hans-Christian (Author) , Stamen, Rainer (Author) , Sothilingam, Varsiha (Author) , Starovoitov, Pavel (Author) , Vigani, Luigi (Author) , Weber, Sebastian (Author) , Wessels, Martin (Author) , Zinßer, Joachim (Author)
Corporate Author: ATLAS Collaboration (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 12 July 2023
In: Journal of high energy physics
Year: 2023, Issue: 7, Pages: 1-42
ISSN:1029-8479
DOI:10.1007/JHEP07(2023)090
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2023)090
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Summary:This paper presents a search for a new Z′ vector gauge boson with the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider using pp collision data collected at $$ \sqrt{s} $$= 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb−1. The new gauge boson Z′ is predicted by Lμ − Lτ models to address observed phenomena that can not be explained by the Standard Model. The search examines the four-muon (4μ) final state, using a deep learning neural network classifier to separate the Z′ signal from the Standard Model background events. The di-muon invariant masses in the 4μ events are used to extract the Z′ resonance signature. No significant excess of events is observed over the predicted background. Upper limits at a 95% confidence level on the Z′ production cross-section times the decay branching fraction of pp → Z′μμ → 4μ are set from 0.31 to 4.3 fb for the Z′ mass ranging from 5 to 81 GeV. The corresponding common coupling strengths, gZ′, of the Z′ boson to the second and third generation leptons above 0.003 - 0.2 have been excluded.
Item Description:Veröffentlicht: 12. Juli 2023
*The ATLAS collaboration: G. Aad, L.M. Baltes, F. Bartels, F.L. Castillo, M.M. Czurylo, F. Del Rio, S.J. Dittmeier, M. Dunford, S. Franchino, M. Klassen, T. Mkrtchyan, P.S. Ott, D.F. Rassloff, S. Rodriguez Bosca, C. Sauer, A. Schoening, H.-C. Schultz-Coulon, V. Sothilingam, R. Stamen, P. Starovoitov, S.M. Weber, M. Wessels, L. Vigani, J. Zinsser [und sehr viele weitere Personen]
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ISSN:1029-8479
DOI:10.1007/JHEP07(2023)090