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Search for heavy lepton resonances decaying to a Z boson and a lepton in pp collisions at √s =8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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Search for heavy lepton resonances decaying to a Z boson and a lepton in pp collisions at √s =8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. / The ATLAS collaboration.
In: Journal of High Energy Physics, No. 9, 108, 16.09.2015.

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The ATLAS collaboration 2015, 'Search for heavy lepton resonances decaying to a Z boson and a lepton in pp collisions at √s =8 TeV with the ATLAS detector', Journal of High Energy Physics, no. 9, 108. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2015)108

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The ATLAS collaboration (2015). Search for heavy lepton resonances decaying to a Z boson and a lepton in pp collisions at √s =8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Journal of High Energy Physics, (9), Article 108. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2015)108

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The ATLAS collaboration. Search for heavy lepton resonances decaying to a Z boson and a lepton in pp collisions at √s =8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2015 Sept 16;(9):108. doi: 10.1007/JHEP09(2015)108

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The ATLAS collaboration. / Search for heavy lepton resonances decaying to a Z boson and a lepton in pp collisions at √s =8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. In: Journal of High Energy Physics. 2015 ; No. 9.

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title = "Search for heavy lepton resonances decaying to a Z boson and a lepton in pp collisions at √s =8 TeV with the ATLAS detector",
abstract = "A search for heavy leptons decaying to a Z boson and an electron or a muon is presented. The search is based on pp collision data taken at √s =8 TeV by the ATLAS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb−1. Three high-transverse-momentum electrons or muons are selected, with two of them required to be consistent with originating from a Z boson decay. No significant excess above Standard Model background predictions is observed, and 95% confidence level limits on the production cross section of high-mass trilepton resonances are derived. The results are interpreted in the context of vector-like lepton and type-III seesaw models. For the vector-like lepton model, most heavy lepton mass values in the range 114–176 GeV are excluded. For the type-III seesaw model, most mass values in the range 100–468 GeV are excluded.",
author = "Adam Barton and Michael Beattie and Guennadi Borissov and Bouhova-Thacker, {Evelina Vassileva} and William Dearnaley and Harald Fox and Grimm, {Kathryn Ann Tschann} and Henderson, {Robert Charles William} and Gareth Hughes and Jones, {Roger William Lewis} and Vakhtang Kartvelishvili and Long, {Robin Eamonn} and Love, {Peter Allan} and Harvey Maddocks and Malcolm Skinner and Maria Smizanska and Walder, {James William} and Andy Wharton and {The ATLAS collaboration}",
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AU - Beattie, Michael

AU - Borissov, Guennadi

AU - Bouhova-Thacker, Evelina Vassileva

AU - Dearnaley, William

AU - Fox, Harald

AU - Grimm, Kathryn Ann Tschann

AU - Henderson, Robert Charles William

AU - Hughes, Gareth

AU - Jones, Roger William Lewis

AU - Kartvelishvili, Vakhtang

AU - Long, Robin Eamonn

AU - Love, Peter Allan

AU - Maddocks, Harvey

AU - Skinner, Malcolm

AU - Smizanska, Maria

AU - Walder, James William

AU - Wharton, Andy

AU - The ATLAS collaboration

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N2 - A search for heavy leptons decaying to a Z boson and an electron or a muon is presented. The search is based on pp collision data taken at √s =8 TeV by the ATLAS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb−1. Three high-transverse-momentum electrons or muons are selected, with two of them required to be consistent with originating from a Z boson decay. No significant excess above Standard Model background predictions is observed, and 95% confidence level limits on the production cross section of high-mass trilepton resonances are derived. The results are interpreted in the context of vector-like lepton and type-III seesaw models. For the vector-like lepton model, most heavy lepton mass values in the range 114–176 GeV are excluded. For the type-III seesaw model, most mass values in the range 100–468 GeV are excluded.

AB - A search for heavy leptons decaying to a Z boson and an electron or a muon is presented. The search is based on pp collision data taken at √s =8 TeV by the ATLAS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb−1. Three high-transverse-momentum electrons or muons are selected, with two of them required to be consistent with originating from a Z boson decay. No significant excess above Standard Model background predictions is observed, and 95% confidence level limits on the production cross section of high-mass trilepton resonances are derived. The results are interpreted in the context of vector-like lepton and type-III seesaw models. For the vector-like lepton model, most heavy lepton mass values in the range 114–176 GeV are excluded. For the type-III seesaw model, most mass values in the range 100–468 GeV are excluded.

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