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.
Search for the lepton flavor violating decay τ → 3μ in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV
Vagnerini A.;Meridiani P.;Amapane N.;Argiro S.;Bellan R.;Bellora A.;Cappati A.;Costa M.;Covarelli R.;Kiani B.;Migliore E.;Monaco V.;Monteil E.;Obertino M. M.;Pacher L.;Pinna Angioni G. L.;Salvatico R.;Siviero F.;Sola V.;Solano A.;Soldi D.;Shchelina K.;Rumerio P.;Ravera F.;
2021-01-01
Abstract
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.File in questo prodotto:
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