Search for exotic resonances decaying into WZ/ZZ in pp collisions at √s=7 TeV


Chatrchyan S., Khachatryan V., Sirunyan A., Tumasyan A., Adam W., Aguilo E., ...More

Journal of High Energy Physics, vol.2013, no.2, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 2013 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/jhep02(2013)036
  • Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Keywords: Hadron-Hadron Scattering
  • Yıldız Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

A search for new exotic particles decaying to the VZ final state is performed, where V is either a W or a Z boson decaying into two overlapping jets and the Z decays into a pair of electrons, muons or neutrinos. The analysis uses a data sample of pp collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5 fb-1 collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC at √s=7 TeV in 2011. No significant excess is observed in the mass distribution of the VZ candidates compared with the background expectation from standard model processes. Model-dependent upper limits at the 95% confidence level are set on the product of the cross section times the branching fraction of hypothetical particles decaying to the VZ final state as a function of mass. Sequential standard model W′ bosons with masses between 700 and 940 GeV are excluded. In the Randall-Sundrum model for graviton resonances with a coupling parameter of 0.05, masses between 750 and 880 GeV are also excluded. © 2013 CERN for the benefit of the CMS collaboration.