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Search for Lepton-Flavor Violation in Z -Boson Decays with τ Leptons with the ATLAS Detector

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Search for Lepton-Flavor Violation in Z -Boson Decays with τ Leptons with the ATLAS Detector. / ATLAS Collaboration.
In: Physical review letters, Vol. 127, No. 27, 271802, 28.12.2021.

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ATLAS Collaboration. Search for Lepton-Flavor Violation in Z -Boson Decays with τ Leptons with the ATLAS Detector. Physical review letters. 2021 Dec 28;127(27):271802. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.271801

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@article{1e6530be60a94554a675b02619b67fc1,
title = "Search for Lepton-Flavor Violation in Z -Boson Decays with τ Leptons with the ATLAS Detector",
abstract = "A search for lepton-flavor-violating Z→eτ and Z→μτ decays with pp collision data recorded by the ATLAS detector at the LHC is presented. This analysis uses 139 fb-1 of Run 2 pp collisions at s=13 TeV and is combined with the results of a similar ATLAS search in the final state in which the τ lepton decays hadronically, using the same data set as well as Run 1 data. The addition of leptonically decaying τ leptons significantly improves the sensitivity reach for Z→ℓτ decays. The Z→ℓτ branching fractions are constrained in this analysis to B(Z→eτ)",
keywords = "Decay (organic), Tellurium compounds, ATLAS detectors, Branching fractions, Confidence levels, Data set, Final state, Lepton flavour violations, Lepton-flavor, Z Bosons, Bosons",
author = "{ATLAS Collaboration} and A.E. Barton and I.A. Bertram and G. Borissov and E.V. Bouhova-Thacker and H. Fox and R.C.W. Henderson and R.W.L. Jones and V. Kartvelishvili and R.E. Long and P.A. Love and D. Muenstermann and Izaac Sanderswood and M. Smizanska and A.M. Wharton and Melissa Yexley",
year = "2021",
month = dec,
day = "28",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.271801",
language = "English",
volume = "127",
journal = "Physical review letters",
issn = "1079-7114",
publisher = "American Physical Society",
number = "27",

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T1 - Search for Lepton-Flavor Violation in Z -Boson Decays with τ Leptons with the ATLAS Detector

AU - ATLAS Collaboration

AU - Barton, A.E.

AU - Bertram, I.A.

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 - Sanderswood, Izaac

AU - Smizanska, M.

AU - Wharton, A.M.

AU - Yexley, Melissa

PY - 2021/12/28

Y1 - 2021/12/28

N2 - A search for lepton-flavor-violating Z→eτ and Z→μτ decays with pp collision data recorded by the ATLAS detector at the LHC is presented. This analysis uses 139 fb-1 of Run 2 pp collisions at s=13 TeV and is combined with the results of a similar ATLAS search in the final state in which the τ lepton decays hadronically, using the same data set as well as Run 1 data. The addition of leptonically decaying τ leptons significantly improves the sensitivity reach for Z→ℓτ decays. The Z→ℓτ branching fractions are constrained in this analysis to B(Z→eτ)

AB - A search for lepton-flavor-violating Z→eτ and Z→μτ decays with pp collision data recorded by the ATLAS detector at the LHC is presented. This analysis uses 139 fb-1 of Run 2 pp collisions at s=13 TeV and is combined with the results of a similar ATLAS search in the final state in which the τ lepton decays hadronically, using the same data set as well as Run 1 data. The addition of leptonically decaying τ leptons significantly improves the sensitivity reach for Z→ℓτ decays. The Z→ℓτ branching fractions are constrained in this analysis to B(Z→eτ)

KW - Decay (organic)

KW - Tellurium compounds

KW - ATLAS detectors

KW - Branching fractions

KW - Confidence levels

KW - Data set

KW - Final state

KW - Lepton flavour violations

KW - Lepton-flavor

KW - Z Bosons

KW - Bosons

U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.271801

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.271801

M3 - Journal article

VL - 127

JO - Physical review letters

JF - Physical review letters

SN - 1079-7114

IS - 27

M1 - 271802

ER -