Search for W′ decaying to tau lepton and neutrino in proton–proton collisions at s=8 TeV

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dc.citation.firstpage196
dc.citation.journalTitlePhysics Letters B
dc.citation.lastpage216
dc.citation.volumeNumber755
dc.contributor.authorCMS Collaboration
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-30T18:57:23Z
dc.date.available2018-11-30T18:57:23Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThe first search for a heavy charged vector boson in the final state with a tau lepton and a neutrino is reported, using 19.7 fb−1 of LHC data at s=8 TeV. A signal would appear as an excess of events with high transverse mass, where the standard model background is low. No excess is observed. Limits are set on a model in which the W′ decays preferentially to fermions of the third generation. These results substantially extend previous constraints on this model. Masses below 2.0 to 2.7 TeV are excluded, depending on the model parameters. In addition, the existence of a W′ boson with universal fermion couplings is excluded at 95% confidence level, for W′ masses below 2.7 TeV. For further reinterpretation a model-independent limit on potential signals for various transverse mass thresholds is also presented.
dc.identifier.citationCMS Collaboration. "Search for W′ decaying to tau lepton and neutrino in proton–proton collisions at s=8 TeV." <i>Physics Letters B,</i> 755, (2016) Elsevier: 196-216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.02.002.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.02.002
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/103494
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsThis is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject.keywordCMS
dc.subject.keywordPhysics
dc.subject.keywordW’
dc.subject.keyworddecays
dc.titleSearch for W′ decaying to tau lepton and neutrino in proton–proton collisions at s=8 TeV
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