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Search for the lepton flavor violating τ → 3μ decay in proton-proton collisions at s=13TeV
Journal
Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
ISSN
03702693
Date Issued
2024-06-01
Author(s)
Hayrapetyan, A.
Tumasyan, A.
Adam, W.
Andrejkovic, J. W.
Bergauer, T.
Chatterjee, S.
Damanakis, K.
Dragicevic, M.
Hussain, P. S.
Jeitler, M.
Krammer, N.
Li, A.
Liko, D.
Mikulec, I.
Schieck, J.
Schöfbeck, R.
Schwarz, D.
Sonawane, M.
Templ, S.
Waltenberger, W.
Wulz, C. E.
Darwish, M. R.
Janssen, T.
Van Mechelen, P.
Bols, E. S.
D'Hondt, J.
Dansana, S.
De Moor, A.
Delcourt, M.
El Faham, H.
Lowette, S.
Makarenko, I.
Müller, D.
Sahasransu, A. R.
Tavernier, S.
Tytgat, M.
Van Putte, S.
Vannerom, D.
Clerbaux, B.
De Lentdecker, G.
Favart, L.
Hohov, D.
Jaramillo, J.
Khalilzadeh, A.
Lee, K.
Mahdavikhorrami, M.
Malara, A.
Paredes, S.
Pétré, L.
Postiau, N.
Thomas, L.
Vanden Bemden, M.
Vander Velde, C.
Vanlaer, P.
De Coen, M.
Dobur, D.
Hong, Y.
Knolle, J.
Lambrecht, L.
Mestdach, G.
Rendón, C.
Samalan, A.
Skovpen, K.
Van Den Bossche, N.
Wezenbeek, L.
Benecke, A.
Bruno, G.
Caputo, C.
Delaere, C.
Donertas, I. S.
Giammanco, A.
Jaffel, K.
Jain, Sa
Lemaitre, V.
Lidrych, J.
Mastrapasqua, P.
Mondal, K.
Tran, T. T.
Wertz, S.
Alves, G. A.
Coelho, E.
Hensel, C.
Menezes De Oliveira, T.
Moraes, A.
Rebello Teles, P.
Soeiro, M.
Aldá, W. L.
Alves Gallo Pereira, M.
Barroso Ferreira Filho, M.
Brandao Malbouisson, H.
Carvalho, W.
Chinellato, J.
Da Costa, E. M.
Da Silveira, G. G.
De Jesus Damiao, D.
Fonseca De Souza, S.
Martins, J.
Mora Herrera, C.
Mota Amarilo, K.
Mundim, L.
Abstract
A search for the lepton flavor violating τ→3μ decay is performed using proton-proton collision events at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2017–2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 97.7 fb−1. Tau leptons produced in both heavy-flavor hadron and W boson decays are exploited in the analysis. No evidence for the decay is observed. The results of this search are combined with an earlier null result based on data collected in 2016 to obtain a total integrated luminosity of 131 fb−1. The observed (expected) upper limits on the branching fraction B(τ→3μ) at confidence levels of 90 and 95% are 2.9×10−8 (2.4×10−8) and 3.6×10−8 (3.0×10−8), respectively.
Volume
853
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