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Search for third-generation vector-like leptons in pp collisions at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

NázevTitle
Search for third-generation vector-like leptons in pp collisions at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detectorSearch for third-generation vector-like leptons in pp collisions at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
Druh výsledkuResult type
Článek v časopiseJournal article
AutořiAuthors
G. Aad, B. Abbott, D. C. Abbott, K. Abeling, B. Ali, K. Augsten, B. Bergmann, T. Billoud, M. Havránek, Z. Hubáček, P. Jačka, S. Mondal, M. Myška, L. Novotný, V. Petousis, R. Polifka, S. Pospíšil, K. Smolek, A. Sopczak, V. Vacek, P. Vokáč, O. Zaplatílek
DOIDOI
10.1007/JHEP07(2023)118
Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
Journal of High Energy Physics. 2023, 2023(7), ISSN 1029-8479.
RokYear
2023
JazykLanguage
eng
WoSWoS
001061829500001
ScopusScopus
2-s2.0-85166241758
RIVRIV
RIV/68407700:21220/23:00372892!RIV24-MSM-21220___
ProjektProject
CERN-CZ III - Výzkumná infrastruktura pro experimenty v CERN - LM2023040 (2023–2026)CERN-CZ III - Výzkumná infrastruktura pro experimenty v CERN - LM2023040 (2023–2026); Centrum pokročilých aplikovaných přírodních vědCenter for advanced applied sciences

AbstraktAbstract

A search for vector-like leptons in multilepton (two, three, or four-or-more electrons plus muons) final states with zero or more hadronic tau-lepton decays is presented. The search is performed using a dataset corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb(-1) of proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13TeV recorded by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. To maximize the separation of signal and background, a machine-learning classifier is used. No excess of events is observed beyond the Standard Model expectation. Using a doublet vector-like lepton model, vector-like leptons coupling to third-generation Standard Model leptons are excluded in the mass range from 130 GeV to 900 GeV at the 95% confidence level, while the highest excluded mass is expected to be 970 GeV.

A search for vector-like leptons in multilepton (two, three, or four-or-more electrons plus muons) final states with zero or more hadronic tau-lepton decays is presented. The search is performed using a dataset corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb(-1) of proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13TeV recorded by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. To maximize the separation of signal and background, a machine-learning classifier is used. No excess of events is observed beyond the Standard Model expectation. Using a doublet vector-like lepton model, vector-like leptons coupling to third-generation Standard Model leptons are excluded in the mass range from 130 GeV to 900 GeV at the 95% confidence level, while the highest excluded mass is expected to be 970 GeV.