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Search for the lepton flavor violating decay Z → eμ in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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Aad, G; Abbott, B; Abdallah, J; Abdel Khalek, S; Abdinov, O; Aben, R; Abi, B; Abolins, M; AbouZeid, OS; Abramowicz, H; Abreu, H; Abreu, R ...
Published in: Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
October 23, 2014

The ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider is used to search for the lepton flavor violating process Z → eμ in pp collisions using 20.3 fb-1 of data collected at √s = 8 TeV. An enhancement in the eμ invariant mass spectrum is searched for at the Z-boson mass. The number of Z bosons produced in the data sample is estimated using events of similar topology, Z → ee and μμ, significantly reducing the systematic uncertainty in the measurement. There is no evidence of an enhancement at the Z-boson mass, resulting in an upper limit on the branching fraction, B(Z → 7.5 × 10.7 at the 95% confidence level.

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Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

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1550-2368

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1550-7998

Publication Date

October 23, 2014

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90

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7

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5101 Astronomical sciences
  • 4902 Mathematical physics
  • 0206 Quantum Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
 

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Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdel Khalek, S., Abdinov, O., Aben, R., … Arnaez, O. (2014). Search for the lepton flavor violating decay Z → eμ in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 90(7). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.90.072010
Aad, G., B. Abbott, J. Abdallah, S. Abdel Khalek, O. Abdinov, R. Aben, B. Abi, et al. “Search for the lepton flavor violating decay Z → eμ in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector.” Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 90, no. 7 (October 23, 2014). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.90.072010.
Aad G, Abbott B, Abdallah J, Abdel Khalek S, Abdinov O, Aben R, et al. Search for the lepton flavor violating decay Z → eμ in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology. 2014 Oct 23;90(7).
Aad, G., et al. “Search for the lepton flavor violating decay Z → eμ in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector.” Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 90, no. 7, Oct. 2014. Scopus, doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.90.072010.
Aad G, Abbott B, Abdallah J, Abdel Khalek S, Abdinov O, Aben R, Abi B, Abolins M, AbouZeid OS, Abramowicz H, Abreu H, Abreu R, Abulaiti Y, Acharya BS, Adamczyk L, Adams DL, Adelman J, Adomeit S, Adye T, Agatonovic-Jovin T, Aguilar-Saavedra JA, Agustoni M, Ahlen SP, Ahmadov F, Aielli G, Akerstedt H, Åkesson TPA, Akimoto G, Akimov AV, Alberghi GL, Albert J, Albrand S, Alconada Verzini MJ, Aleksa M, Aleksandrov IN, Alexa C, Alexander G, Alexandre G, Alexopoulos T, Alhroob M, Alimonti G, Alio L, Alison J, Allbrooke BMM, Allison LJ, Allport PP, Aloisio A, Alonso A, Alonso F, Alpigiani C, Altheimer A, Alvarez Gonzalez B, Alviggi MG, Amako K, Amaral Coutinho Y, Amelung C, Amidei D, Djuvsland JI, Amor Dos Santos SP, Amorim A, Amoroso S, Amram N, Amundsen G, Anastopoulos C, Ancu LS, Andari N, Andeen T, Anders CF, Anders G, Anderson KJ, Andreazza A, Andrei V, Anduaga XS, Angelidakis S, Angelozzi I, Anger P, Angerami A, Anghinolfi F, Kucuk H, Anisenkov AV, Anjos N, Annovi A, Antonaki A, Antonelli M, Antonov A, Antos J, Anulli F, Aoki M, Aperio Bella L, Apolle R, Arabidze G, Aracena I, Arai Y, Araque JP, Arce ATH, Arguin JF, Argyropoulos S, Arik M, Armbruster AJ, Arnaez O. Search for the lepton flavor violating decay Z → eμ in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology. 2014 Oct 23;90(7).

Published In

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

DOI

EISSN

1550-2368

ISSN

1550-7998

Publication Date

October 23, 2014

Volume

90

Issue

7

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5101 Astronomical sciences
  • 4902 Mathematical physics
  • 0206 Quantum Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences