We present an observation of photon-photon production of τ lepton pairs in ultraperipheral lead-lead collisions. The measurement is based on a data sample with an integrated luminosity of 404  μb−1 collected by the CMS experiment at a center-of-mass energy per nucleon pair of √sNN=5.02  TeV. The γγ→τ+τ− process is observed for τ+τ− events with a muon and three charged hadrons in the final state. The measured fiducial cross section is σ(γγ→τ+τ−)=4.8±0.6(stat)±0.5(syst)  μb, where the second (third) term corresponds to the statistical (systematic) uncertainty in σ(γγ→τ+τ−) in agreement with leading-order QED predictions. Using σ(γγ→τ+τ−), we estimate a model-dependent value of the anomalous magnetic moment of the τ lepton of aτ=0.001+0.055−0.089.

Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Andrejkovic, J.W., Bergauer, T., Chatterjee, S., Damanakis, K., et al. (2023). Observation of τ Lepton Pair Production in Ultraperipheral Pb-Pb Collisions at √sNN=5.02 TeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 131(15), 1-18 [10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.151803].

Observation of τ Lepton Pair Production in Ultraperipheral Pb-Pb Collisions at √sNN=5.02 TeV

Battilana, C;Bonacorsi, D;Borgonovi, L;Castro, A;Cuffiani, M;Diotalevi, T;Fanfani, A;Giommi, L;Guiducci, L;Lunerti, L;Rovelli, T;Siroli, G P;
2023

Abstract

We present an observation of photon-photon production of τ lepton pairs in ultraperipheral lead-lead collisions. The measurement is based on a data sample with an integrated luminosity of 404  μb−1 collected by the CMS experiment at a center-of-mass energy per nucleon pair of √sNN=5.02  TeV. The γγ→τ+τ− process is observed for τ+τ− events with a muon and three charged hadrons in the final state. The measured fiducial cross section is σ(γγ→τ+τ−)=4.8±0.6(stat)±0.5(syst)  μb, where the second (third) term corresponds to the statistical (systematic) uncertainty in σ(γγ→τ+τ−) in agreement with leading-order QED predictions. Using σ(γγ→τ+τ−), we estimate a model-dependent value of the anomalous magnetic moment of the τ lepton of aτ=0.001+0.055−0.089.
2023
Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Andrejkovic, J.W., Bergauer, T., Chatterjee, S., Damanakis, K., et al. (2023). Observation of τ Lepton Pair Production in Ultraperipheral Pb-Pb Collisions at √sNN=5.02 TeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 131(15), 1-18 [10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.151803].
Tumasyan, A; Adam, W; Andrejkovic, J W; Bergauer, T; Chatterjee, S; Damanakis, K; Dragicevic, M; Escalante Del Valle, A; Hussain, P S; Jeitler, M; Kra...espandi
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