Results are reported from a search for the lepton flavor violating decay τ → 3μ in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 33.2 fb−1 recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2016. The search exploits τ leptons produced in both W boson and heavy-flavor hadron decays. No significant excess above the expected background is observed. An upper limit on the branching fraction ℬ(τ → 3μ) of 8.0 × 10−8 at 90% confidence level is obtained, with an expected upper limit of 6.9 × 10−8.
Search for the lepton flavor violating decay τ → 3μ in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV
Battilana C.;Bonacorsi D.;Borgonovi L.;Braibant-Giacomelli S.;Castro A.;Cuffiani M.;Diotalevi T.;Fanfani A.;Fontanesi E.;Guiducci L.;Iemmi F.;Primavera F.;Rovelli T.;Siroli G. P.;
2021
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Results are reported from a search for the lepton flavor violating decay τ → 3μ in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 33.2 fb−1 recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2016. The search exploits τ leptons produced in both W boson and heavy-flavor hadron decays. No significant excess above the expected background is observed. An upper limit on the branching fraction ℬ(τ → 3μ) of 8.0 × 10−8 at 90% confidence level is obtained, with an expected upper limit of 6.9 × 10−8.File in questo prodotto:
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