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


Chatrchyan S., Khachatryan V., Sirunyan A. M., Tumasyan A., Adam W., Bergauer T., ...More

PHYSICS LETTERS B, vol.716, no.1, pp.82-102, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 716 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.physletb.2012.07.062
  • Journal Name: PHYSICS LETTERS B
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.82-102
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

A search for high-mass resonances decaying into tau(+)tau(-) is performed using a data sample of pp collisions at root s = 7 TeV. 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 tau-lepton pairs is calculated as a function of the resonance mass. Using the sequential standard model resonance Z'(SSM) and the superstring-inspired E-6 model with resonance Z'(psi) as benchmarks, resonances with standard model couplings with masses below 1.4 and 1.1 TeV, respectively, are excluded at 95% confidence level. (C) 2012 CERN. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.