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Search for heavy resonances decaying into a pair of Z bosons in the ℓ+ℓ-ℓ′ +ℓ′ - and ℓ+ℓ-νν¯ final states using 139 fb - 1 of proton–proton collisions at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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Article number332
<mark>Journal publication date</mark>19/04/2021
<mark>Journal</mark>European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Issue number4
Volume81
Number of pages39
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

A search for heavy resonances decaying into a pair of Z bosons leading to ℓ+ℓ-ℓ′ +ℓ′ - and ℓ+ℓ-νν¯ final states, where ℓ stands for either an electron or a muon, is presented. The search uses proton–proton collision data at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV collected from 2015 to 2018 that corresponds to the integrated luminosity of 139 fb - 1 recorded by the ATLAS detector during Run 2 of the Large Hadron Collider. Different mass ranges spanning 200 GeV to 2000 GeV for the hypothetical resonances are considered, depending on the final state and model. In the absence of a significant observed excess, the results are interpreted as upper limits on the production cross section of a spin-0 or spin-2 resonance. The upper limits for the spin-0 resonance are translated to exclusion contours in the context of Type-I and Type-II two-Higgs-doublet models, and the limits for the spin-2 resonance are used to constrain the Randall–Sundrum model with an extra dimension giving rise to spin-2 graviton excitations. © 2021, CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration.