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Search for an Lμ − Lτ gauge boson using Z → 4μ events in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV
Sirunyan, A.M. Sanders, Stephen J. The CMS Collaboration
Sirunyan, A.M.
Sanders, Stephen J.
The CMS Collaboration
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A search for a narrow Z gauge boson with a mass between 5 and 70 GeV resulting from an Lμ − Lτ U(1) local gauge symmetry is reported. Theories that predict such a particle have been proposed as an explanation of various experimental discrepancies, including the lack of a dark matter signal in directdetection experiments, tension in the measurement of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, and reports of possible lepton flavor universality violation in B meson decays. A data sample of protonproton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV is used, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 77.3 fb−1 recorded in 2016 and 2017 by the CMS detector at the LHC. Events containing four muons with an invariant mass near the standard model Z boson mass are analyzed, and the selection is further optimized to be sensitive to the events that may contain Z → Z μμ → 4μ decays. The event yields are consistent with the standard model predictions. Upper limits of 10−8–10−7 at 95% confidence level are set on the product of branching fractions B(Z → Z μμ)B(Z → μμ), depending on the Z mass, which excludes a Z boson coupling strength to muons above 0.004–0.3. These are the first dedicated limits on Lμ − Lτ models at the LHC and result in a significant increase in the excluded model parameter space. The results of this search may also be used to constrain the coupling strength of any light Z gauge boson to muons.
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2019-05-10
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CMS, Physics, Zprime, Muons
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A.M. Sirunyan et al., "Search for an Lμ − Lτ gauge boson using Z → 4μ events in proton-proton collisions at s=13 TeV, Physics Letters B, Volume 792, 2019, Pages 345-368, ISSN 0370-2693,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2019.01.072.
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037026931930214X)