Search for long-lived heavy neutral leptons decaying in the CMS muon detectors in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV
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Prof. Dr. Hasan OĞUL Sinop Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Physical Review D (Q1)
Dergi ISSN 2470-0010 Dergi Bilgileri (2024)
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 07-2024
Kabul Tarihi 08-05-2024 Yayınlanma Tarihi 08-07-2024
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 110 / 1 / – DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.110.012004
Makale Linki https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.110.012004
UAK Araştırma Alanları
Fen Bilimleri ve Matematik
Özet
A search for heavy neutral leptons (HNLs) decaying in the CMS muon system is presented. A data sample is used corresponding to an integrated luminosity of Formula Presented of proton-proton collisions at Formula Presented, recorded at the CERN LHC in 2016-2018. Decay products of long-lived HNLs could interact with the shielding materials in the CMS muon system and create hadronic and electromagnetic showers detected in the muon chambers. This distinctive signature provides a unique handle to search for HNLs with masses below 4 GeV and proper decay lengths of the order of meters. The signature is sensitive to HNL couplings to all three generations of leptons. Candidate events are required to contain a prompt electron or muon originating from a vertex on the beam axis and a displaced shower in the muon chambers. No significant deviations from the standard model background expectation are observed. In the electron (muon) channel, the most stringent limits to date are set for HNLs in the mass range of 2.1-3.0 (1.9-3.3) GeV, reaching mixing matrix element squared values as low as Formula Presented.
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