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在质子-质子碰撞中 $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV 条件下搜索 CMS 缪子探测器中衰变的长寿命重中性轻子

Search for long-lived heavy neutral leptons decaying in the CMS muon detectors in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV

CMS Collaboration

AI总结:

利用 CMS 缪子探测器中的位移簇射特征,在 138 fb$^{-1}$ 数据中搜索长寿命重中性轻子,未发现显著信号,并在电子(缪子)通道对 2.1-3.0(1.9-3.3)GeV 质量范围设定了迄今最严格的限制。

摘要:

本文介绍了一项在 CMS 缪子系统中搜索重中性轻子(HNLs)衰变的实验。使用的数据样本对应于 2016-2018 年在 CERN LHC 记录的 $\u221a{s}$ = 13 TeV 质子-质子碰撞的积分亮度 138 fb$^{-1}$。长寿命 HNLs 的衰变产物可能与 CMS 缪子系统中的屏蔽材料相互作用,并在缪子室中产生强子簇射和电磁簇射。这一独特特征为搜索质量低于 4 GeV、固有衰变长度约为米量级的 HNLs 提供了独特手段。该特征对 HNL 与三代轻子的耦合均敏感。候选事件要求包含一个源自束流轴上顶点的瞬发电子或缪子,以及缪子室中的位移簇射。未观察到与标准模型背景预期存在显著偏差。在电子(缪子)通道中,为质量范围 2.1-3.0(1.9-3.3)GeV 的 HNLs 设定了迄今最严格的限制,混合矩阵元平方值低至 8.6(4.6)$\times$ 10$^{-6}$。

英文摘要:

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 138 fb$^{-1}$ of proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV, 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 8.6 (4.6) $\times$ 10$^{-6}$.

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