Search for evidence of the type-III seesaw mechanism in multilepton final states in proton-proton collisions at s =13 TeV

A search for a signal consistent with the type-III seesaw mechanism in events with three or more electrons or muons is presented. The data sample consists of proton-proton collisions at ffiffi s p ¼ 13 TeV collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2016 and corresponds to an integrated luminos...

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Main Authors: Sirunyan, A. M., Tumasyan, A. R., Adam, Wolfgang, Ambrogi, Federico, Asilar, Ece, Md. Ali, Mohd. Adli
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spelling iium-630732018-11-09T08:57:36Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/63073/ Search for evidence of the type-III seesaw mechanism in multilepton final states in proton-proton collisions at s =13 TeV Sirunyan, A. M. Tumasyan, A. R. Adam, Wolfgang Ambrogi, Federico Asilar, Ece Md. Ali, Mohd. Adli Q Science (General) QC Physics A search for a signal consistent with the type-III seesaw mechanism in events with three or more electrons or muons is presented. The data sample consists of proton-proton collisions at ffiffi s p ¼ 13 TeV collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2016 and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1. Selection criteria based on the number of leptons and the invariant mass of oppositely charged lepton pairs are used to distinguish the signal from the standard model background. The observations are consistent with the expectations from standard model processes. The results are used to place limits on the production of heavy fermions of the type-III seesaw model as a function of the branching ratio to each lepton flavor. In the scenario of equal branching fractions to each lepton flavor, heavy fermions with masses below 840 GeV are excluded. This is the most sensitive probe to date of the type-III seesaw mechanism. American Physical Society 2017-12-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/63073/1/63073_Search%20for%20Evidence%20of%20the%20Type-III_article.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/63073/2/63073_Search%20for%20Evidence%20of%20the%20Type-III_scopus.pdf Sirunyan, A. M. and Tumasyan, A. R. and Adam, Wolfgang and Ambrogi, Federico and Asilar, Ece and Md. Ali, Mohd. Adli (2017) Search for evidence of the type-III seesaw mechanism in multilepton final states in proton-proton collisions at s =13 TeV. Physical Review Letters, 119 (22). pp. 1-17. ISSN 0031-9007 E-ISSN 1079-7114 https://journals.aps.org/prl/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.221802 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.221802
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topic Q Science (General)
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Sirunyan, A. M.
Tumasyan, A. R.
Adam, Wolfgang
Ambrogi, Federico
Asilar, Ece
Md. Ali, Mohd. Adli
Search for evidence of the type-III seesaw mechanism in multilepton final states in proton-proton collisions at s =13 TeV
description A search for a signal consistent with the type-III seesaw mechanism in events with three or more electrons or muons is presented. The data sample consists of proton-proton collisions at ffiffi s p ¼ 13 TeV collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2016 and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1. Selection criteria based on the number of leptons and the invariant mass of oppositely charged lepton pairs are used to distinguish the signal from the standard model background. The observations are consistent with the expectations from standard model processes. The results are used to place limits on the production of heavy fermions of the type-III seesaw model as a function of the branching ratio to each lepton flavor. In the scenario of equal branching fractions to each lepton flavor, heavy fermions with masses below 840 GeV are excluded. This is the most sensitive probe to date of the type-III seesaw mechanism.
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author Sirunyan, A. M.
Tumasyan, A. R.
Adam, Wolfgang
Ambrogi, Federico
Asilar, Ece
Md. Ali, Mohd. Adli
author_facet Sirunyan, A. M.
Tumasyan, A. R.
Adam, Wolfgang
Ambrogi, Federico
Asilar, Ece
Md. Ali, Mohd. Adli
author_sort Sirunyan, A. M.
title Search for evidence of the type-III seesaw mechanism in multilepton final states in proton-proton collisions at s =13 TeV
title_short Search for evidence of the type-III seesaw mechanism in multilepton final states in proton-proton collisions at s =13 TeV
title_full Search for evidence of the type-III seesaw mechanism in multilepton final states in proton-proton collisions at s =13 TeV
title_fullStr Search for evidence of the type-III seesaw mechanism in multilepton final states in proton-proton collisions at s =13 TeV
title_full_unstemmed Search for evidence of the type-III seesaw mechanism in multilepton final states in proton-proton collisions at s =13 TeV
title_sort search for evidence of the type-iii seesaw mechanism in multilepton final states in proton-proton collisions at s =13 tev
publisher American Physical Society
publishDate 2017
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