Search for a new Z' gauge boson in 4μ events with the ATLAS experiment

Anders, J.K.; Beck, H.P.; Chatterjee, M.; Ereditato, A.; Franconi, L.; Halser, L.; Haug, S.; Ilg, A.; Müller, R.; O'Neill, A.P.; Schefer, M.M.; Weber, M.S. (2023). Search for a new Z' gauge boson in 4μ events with the ATLAS experiment. Journal of High Energy Physics, 07 Springer 10.1007/JHEP07(2023)090

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his paper presents a search for a new Z′ vector gauge boson with the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider using pp collision data collected at √s = 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb−1. The new gauge boson Z′ is predicted by Lμ − Lτ models to address observed phenomena that can not be explained by the Standard Model. The search examines the four-muon (4μ) final state, using a deep learning neural network classifier to separate the Z′ signal from the Standard Model background events. The di-muon invariant masses in the 4μ events are used to extract the Z′ resonance signature. No significant excess of events is observed over the predicted background. Upper limits at a 95% confidence level on the Z′ production cross-section times the decay branching fraction of pp → Z′μμ → 4μ are set from 0.31 to 4.3 fb for the Z′ mass ranging from 5 to 81 GeV. The corresponding common coupling strengths, gZ′, of the Z′ boson to the second and third generation leptons above 0.003 – 0.2 have been excluded.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute > Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP)
10 Strategic Research Centers > Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics (AEC)

UniBE Contributor:

Anders, John Kenneth, Beck, Hans Peter, Chatterjee, Meghranjana, Ereditato, Antonio, Franconi, Laura, Halser, Lea, Haug, Sigve, Ilg, Armin, Müller, Roman, O'Neill, Aaron Paul, Schefer, Meinrad Moritz, Weber, Michele

Subjects:

500 Science > 530 Physics

ISSN:

1029-8479

Publisher:

Springer

Language:

English

Submitter:

BORIS Import LHEP

Date Deposited:

07 Feb 2024 14:15

Last Modified:

07 Feb 2024 14:24

Publisher DOI:

10.1007/JHEP07(2023)090

Additional Information:

Kollaboration - Es sind nur die Berner Autor*innen namentlich erwaehnt; the ATLAS collaboration

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Beyond Standard Model, Hadron-Hadron Scattering

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/191853

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/191853

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