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Search for Majorana neutrinos in same-sign WW scattering events from pp collisions at √s =13 TeV

A search for Majorana neutrinos in same-sign W W scattering events is presented. The analysis uses √s = 13 TeV proton–proton collision data with an integrated luminosity of 140 fb−1 recorded during 2015–2018 by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The analysis targets final states includ...

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Main Authors: Aad, Georges (Author) , Baltes, Lisa Marie (Author) , Bartels, Falk (Author) , Castillo, Florencia Luciana (Author) , Czurylo, Marta (Author) , Rio, Fernando del (Author) , Dittmeier, Sebastian (Author) , Dunford, Monica (Author) , Franchino, Silvia (Author) , Junkermann, Thomas (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) , Sothilingam, Varsiha (Author) , Stamen, Rainer (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: 15 September 2023
In: The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Year: 2023, Volume: 83, Issue: 9, Pages: 1-26
ISSN:1434-6052
DOI:10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11915-y
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11915-y
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Summary:A search for Majorana neutrinos in same-sign W W scattering events is presented. The analysis uses √s = 13 TeV proton–proton collision data with an integrated luminosity of 140 fb−1 recorded during 2015–2018 by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The analysis targets final states including exactly two same-sign muons and at least two hadronic jets well separated in rapidity. The modelling of the main backgrounds, from Standard Model samesign W W scattering and W Z production, is constrained with data in dedicated signal-depleted control regions. The distribution of the transverse momentum of the second-hardest muon is used to search for signals originating from a heavy Majorana neutrino with a mass between 50 GeV and 20 TeV. No significant excess is observed over the background expectation. The results are interpreted in a benchmark scenario of the Phenomenological Type-I Seesaw model. In addition, the sensitivity to the Weinberg operator is investigated. Upper limits at the 95% confidence level are placed on the squared muon-neutrino–heavy-neutrino mass-mixing matrix element |VμN |2 as a function of the heavy Majorana neutrino’s mass m N , and on the effective μμ Majorana neutrino mass |mμμ|.
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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, T. Junkermann, 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, L. Vigani, S.M. Weber, M. Wessels, J. Zinsser [und viele weitere]
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ISSN:1434-6052
DOI:10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11915-y

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