A search for a new heavy gauge boson WⲠdecaying to an electron or muon, plus a low mass neutrino, is presented. This study uses data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb -1, collected using the CMS detector in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV at the LHC. Events containing a single electron or muon and missing transverse momentum are analyzed. No significant excess of events above the standard model expectation is found in the transverse mass distribution of the lepton-neutrino system, and upper limits for cross sections above different transverse mass thresholds are presented. WⲠMass exclusion limits at 95% CL for a range of WⲠmodels are determined, including a limit of 2.5 TeV for right-handed W bosons with standard-model-like couplings and limits WⲠ2.43-2.63 TeV for left-handed WⲠbosons, taking into account their interference with the standard model W boson. Exclusion limits have also been set on Kaluza-Klein WKK states in the framework of split universal extra dimensions. © 2012 SISSA.
Search for leptonic decays of Wâ² bosons in pp collisions at âs = 7 TeV
ALBERGO, Sebastiano Francesco;CAPPELLO, GIGI;CHIORBOLI, MASSIMILIANO;COSTA, Salvatore;POTENZA, Renato Carlo;TRICOMI, Alessia Rita;TUVE', Cristina Natalina;
2012-01-01
Abstract
A search for a new heavy gauge boson WⲠdecaying to an electron or muon, plus a low mass neutrino, is presented. This study uses data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb -1, collected using the CMS detector in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV at the LHC. Events containing a single electron or muon and missing transverse momentum are analyzed. No significant excess of events above the standard model expectation is found in the transverse mass distribution of the lepton-neutrino system, and upper limits for cross sections above different transverse mass thresholds are presented. WⲠMass exclusion limits at 95% CL for a range of WⲠmodels are determined, including a limit of 2.5 TeV for right-handed W bosons with standard-model-like couplings and limits WⲠ2.43-2.63 TeV for left-handed WⲠbosons, taking into account their interference with the standard model W boson. Exclusion limits have also been set on Kaluza-Klein WKK states in the framework of split universal extra dimensions. © 2012 SISSA.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.