Searches for lepton-flavour-violating decays of the Higgs boson into eτ and μτ in root s=13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21220%2F23%3A00372976" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21220/23:00372976 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/68407700:21340/23:00372976 RIV/68407700:21670/23:00372976

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2023)166" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2023)166</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2023)166" target="_blank" >10.1007/JHEP07(2023)166</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Searches for lepton-flavour-violating decays of the Higgs boson into eτ and μτ in root s=13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This paper presents direct searches for lepton flavour violation in Higgs boson decays, H -> e tau and H -> mu tau, performed using data collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The searches are based on a data sample of proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy root s = 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb(-1). Leptonic (tau -> l nu(l)nu(tau)) and hadronic (tau -> hadrons nu(tau)) decays of the tau-lepton are considered. Two background estimation techniques are employed: the MC-template method, based on data-corrected simulation samples, and the Symmetry method, based on exploiting the symmetry between electrons and muons in the Standard Model backgrounds. No significant excess of events is observed and the results are interpreted as upper limits on lepton-flavour-violating branching ratios of the Higgs boson. The observed (expected) upper limits set on the branching ratios at 95% confidence level, B(H -> e tau) < 0.20% (0.12%) and B(H -> mu tau ) < 0.18% (0.09%), are obtained with the MC-template method from a simultaneous measurement of potential H -> e tau and H -> mu tau signals. The best-fit branching ratio difference, B(H -> mu tau) -> B(H -> e tau), measured with the Symmetry method in the channel where the tau-lepton decays to leptons, is (0.25 0.10)%, compatible with a value of zero within 2.5 sigma.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Searches for lepton-flavour-violating decays of the Higgs boson into eτ and μτ in root s=13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

Popis výsledku anglicky

This paper presents direct searches for lepton flavour violation in Higgs boson decays, H -> e tau and H -> mu tau, performed using data collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The searches are based on a data sample of proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy root s = 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb(-1). Leptonic (tau -> l nu(l)nu(tau)) and hadronic (tau -> hadrons nu(tau)) decays of the tau-lepton are considered. Two background estimation techniques are employed: the MC-template method, based on data-corrected simulation samples, and the Symmetry method, based on exploiting the symmetry between electrons and muons in the Standard Model backgrounds. No significant excess of events is observed and the results are interpreted as upper limits on lepton-flavour-violating branching ratios of the Higgs boson. The observed (expected) upper limits set on the branching ratios at 95% confidence level, B(H -> e tau) < 0.20% (0.12%) and B(H -> mu tau ) < 0.18% (0.09%), are obtained with the MC-template method from a simultaneous measurement of potential H -> e tau and H -> mu tau signals. The best-fit branching ratio difference, B(H -> mu tau) -> B(H -> e tau), measured with the Symmetry method in the channel where the tau-lepton decays to leptons, is (0.25 0.10)%, compatible with a value of zero within 2.5 sigma.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10303 - Particles and field physics

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/EF16_019%2F0000778" target="_blank" >EF16_019/0000778: Centrum pokročilých aplikovaných přírodních věd</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of High Energy Physics

ISSN

1029-8479

e-ISSN

1029-8479

Svazek periodika

2023

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

7

Stát vydavatele periodika

IT - Italská republika

Počet stran výsledku

74

Strana od-do

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Kód UT WoS článku

001061947900001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85165876369