Search for the lepton flavor violating decay Z→eμ in pp collisions at s\sqrt{s} TeV with the ATLAS detector

Collaboration
Aug 25, 2014
19 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 90 (2014) 7, 072010
  • Published: Oct 23, 2014
e-Print:
Report number:
  • CERN-PH-EP-2014-195
Experiments:

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Abstract: (APS)

The ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider is used to search for the lepton flavor violating process Zeμ in pp collisions using 20.3fb-1 of data collected at s=8TeV. An enhancement in the eμ invariant mass spectrum is searched for at the Z-boson mass. The number of Z bosons produced in the data sample is estimated using events of similar topology, Zee and μμ, significantly reducing the systematic uncertainty in the measurement. There is no evidence of an enhancement at the Z-boson mass, resulting in an upper limit on the branching fraction, B(Zeμ)<7.5×10-7 at the 95% confidence level.

Note:
  • 12.60.-i
  • lepton: flavor: violation
  • Z0: leptonic decay
  • p p: scattering
  • mass enhancement
  • ATLAS
  • CERN LHC Coll
  • electron muon: mass spectrum
  • Z0: branching ratio: upper limit
  • experimental results