Search for high-mass resonances decaying into τ-lepton pairs in pp collisions at √ s = 7TeV


Chatrchyan S., Khachatryan V., Sirunyan A., Tumasyan A., Adam W., Bergauer T., ...Daha Fazla

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, cilt.716, sa.1, ss.82-102, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

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A search for high-mass resonances decaying into τ +τ - is performed using a data sample of pp collisions at s=7TeV. The data were collected with the CMS detector at the LHC and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 4.9 fb -1. The number of observed events is in agreement with the standard model prediction. An upper limit on the product of the resonance cross section and branching fraction into τ-lepton pairs is calculated as a function of the resonance mass. Using the sequential standard model resonance ZSSM' and the superstring-inspired E 6 model with resonance Zψ' as benchmarks, resonances with standard model couplings with masses below 1.4 and 1.1 TeV, respectively, are excluded at 95% confidence level. © 2012 CERN.