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Search for excited electrons singly produced in proton–proton collisions at √s=13Te with the ATLAS experiment at the LHC

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Search for excited electrons singly produced in proton–proton collisions at √s=13Te with the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. / Collaboration, ATLAS; Barton, A.E.; Bertram, I.A. et al.
In: European Physical Journal D, Vol. 79, No. 9, 803, 26.09.2019.

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Collaboration, ATLAS, Barton, AE, Bertram, IA, Borissov, G, Bouhova-Thacker, EV, Fox, H, Henderson, RCW, Jones, RWL, Kartvelishvili, V, Long, RE, Love, PA, Muenstermann, D, Parker, AJ, Smizanska, M, Tee, AS, Walder, J, Wharton, AM & Whitmore, BW 2019, 'Search for excited electrons singly produced in proton–proton collisions at √s=13Te with the ATLAS experiment at the LHC', European Physical Journal D, vol. 79, no. 9, 803. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7295-1

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Collaboration, ATLAS., Barton, A. E., Bertram, I. A., Borissov, G., Bouhova-Thacker, E. V., Fox, H., Henderson, R. C. W., Jones, R. W. L., Kartvelishvili, V., Long, R. E., Love, P. A., Muenstermann, D., Parker, A. J., Smizanska, M., Tee, A. S., Walder, J., Wharton, A. M., & Whitmore, B. W. (2019). Search for excited electrons singly produced in proton–proton collisions at √s=13Te with the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. European Physical Journal D, 79(9), Article 803. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7295-1

Vancouver

Collaboration ATLAS, Barton AE, Bertram IA, Borissov G, Bouhova-Thacker EV, Fox H et al. Search for excited electrons singly produced in proton–proton collisions at √s=13Te with the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. European Physical Journal D. 2019 Sept 26;79(9):803. doi: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7295-1

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Collaboration, ATLAS ; Barton, A.E. ; Bertram, I.A. et al. / Search for excited electrons singly produced in proton–proton collisions at √s=13Te with the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. In: European Physical Journal D. 2019 ; Vol. 79, No. 9.

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abstract = "A search for excited electrons produced in pp collisions at s = 13 Te via a contact interaction qq¯ → ee ∗ is presented. The search uses 36.1 fb - 1 of data collected in 2015 and 2016 by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. Decays of the excited electron into an electron and a pair of quarks (eqq¯) are targeted in final states with two electrons and two hadronic jets, and decays via a gauge interaction into a neutrino and a W boson (νW) are probed in final states with an electron, missing transverse momentum, and a large-radius jet consistent with a hadronically decaying W boson. No significant excess is observed over the expected backgrounds. Upper limits are calculated for the pp→ ee ∗→ eeqq¯ and pp→ ee ∗→ eνW production cross sections as a function of the excited electron mass me∗ at 95% confidence level. The limits are translated into lower bounds on the compositeness scale parameter Λ of the model as a function of me∗. For me∗",
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AU - Borissov, G.

AU - Bouhova-Thacker, E.V.

AU - Fox, H.

AU - Henderson, R.C.W.

AU - Jones, R.W.L.

AU - Kartvelishvili, V.

AU - Long, R.E.

AU - Love, P.A.

AU - Muenstermann, D.

AU - Parker, A.J.

AU - Smizanska, M.

AU - Tee, A.S.

AU - Walder, J.

AU - Wharton, A.M.

AU - Whitmore, B.W.

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