Search for heavy Majorana neutrinos in e±e± and e±μ± final states via WW scattering in pp collisions at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

A search for heavy Majorana neutrinos in scattering of same-sign.. boson pairs in proton-proton collisions at root s = 13 TeV at the LHC is reported. The dataset used corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 140 fb(-1), collected with the ATLAS detector during 2015-2018. The search is performed in...

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Main Authors: Aad, Georges (Author) , Ackermann, Anke (Author) , Baltes, Lisa Marie (Author) , Bartels, Falk (Author) , Dittmeier, Sebastian (Author) , Dunford, Monica (Author) , Franchino, Silvia (Author) , Junkermann, Thomas (Author) , Mkrtchyan, Tigran (Author) , Ott, Philipp (Author) , Rassloff, Damir Fabrice (Author) , Sanfilippo, Lorenzo (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: September 2024
In: Physics letters
Year: 2024, Volume: 856, Pages: 1-24
ISSN:1873-2445
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Author Notes:the ATLAS Collaboration*
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Summary:A search for heavy Majorana neutrinos in scattering of same-sign.. boson pairs in proton-proton collisions at root s = 13 TeV at the LHC is reported. The dataset used corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 140 fb(-1), collected with the ATLAS detector during 2015-2018. The search is performed in final states including a same-sign ee or e mu pair and at least two jets with large invariant mass and a large rapidity difference. No significant excess of events with respect to the Standard Model background predictions is observed. The results are interpreted in a benchmark scenario of the Phenomenological Type-I Seesaw model. New constraints are set on the values of the vertical bar V-eN vertical bar(2) and vertical bar VeNV mu N*vertical bar parameters for heavy Majorana neutrino masses between 50 GeV and 20 TeV, where V-eN is the matrix element describing the mixing of the heavy Majorana neutrino mass eigenstate with the Standard Model neutrino of flavour l = e, mu. The sensitivity to the Weinberg operator is investigated and constraints on the effective ee and e mu Majorana neutrino masses are reported. The statistical combination of the ee and e mu channels with the previously published mu mu channel is performed.
Item Description:Im Titel ist das Sonderzeichen "±" hochgestellt
*the ATLAS Collaboration: G. Aad, A. Ackermann, L.M. Baltes, F. Bartels, S.J. Dittmeier, M. Dunford, S. Franchino, T. Junkermann, T. Mkrtchyan, P.S. Ott, D.F. Rassloff, L. Sanfilippo, C. Sauer, A. Schoening, H.-C. Schultz-Coulon, V. Sothilingam, R. Stamen, P. Starovoitov, L. Vigani, S.M. Weber, M. Wessels, J. Zinsser
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ISSN:1873-2445