Search for the lepton flavor violating decay τ → 3μ in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV


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Sirunyan A., Tumasyan A., Adam W., Ambrogi F., Bergauer T., Dragicevic M., ...More

Journal of High Energy Physics, vol.2021, no.1, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 2021 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/jhep01(2021)163
  • Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, INSPEC, zbMATH, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Keywords: Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments), Lepton production, Tau Physics
  • Erzincan Binali Yildirim University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

© 2021, The Author(s).Results are reported from a search for the lepton flavor violating decay τ → 3μ in proton-proton collisions at s = 13 TeV. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 33.2 fb−1 recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2016. The search exploits τ leptons produced in both W boson and heavy-flavor hadron decays. No significant excess above the expected background is observed. An upper limit on the branching fraction ℬ(τ → 3μ) of 8.0 × 10−8 at 90% confidence level is obtained, with an expected upper limit of 6.9 × 10−8. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]