Results are presented of a search for compositeness in electrons and muons using a data sample of pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy root s = 7 TeV collected with the CMS detector at the LHC and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb(-1). Excited leptons (l*) are assumed to be produced via contact interactions in conjunction with a standard model lepton and to decay via l11.pdf lect11.pdf lecture_chapter5_semiconductor_detectors.pdf legge-stabilita-2013-comma-418.xlsx lezione01.ppt lezione12.ppt lezione9.ppt lineeGuida_conferenzeINFN.pdf -> l gamma, yielding a final state with two energetic leptons and a photon. The number of events observed in data is consistent with that expected from the standard model. The 95% confidence upper limits for the cross section for the production and decay of excited electrons (muons), with masses ranging from 0.6 to 2 TeV, are 1.48 to 1.24 fb (1.31 to 1.11 fb). Excited leptons with masses below 1.9 TeV are excluded for the case where the contact interaction scale equals the excited lepton mass. The limits on the cross sections are the most stringent ones published to date. (c) 2013 CERN. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Search for excited leptons in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV

ABBRESCIA, Marcello;CALABRIA, CESARE;CHHIBRA, SIMRANJIT SINGH;COLALEO, ANNA;DE PALMA, Mauro;MARANGELLI, Bartolomeo;MY, Salvatore;NUZZO, Salvatore Vitale;POMPILI, ALEXIS;SELVAGGI, Giovanna;SINGH, GURPREET;VENDITTI, ROSAMARIA;
2013-01-01

Abstract

Results are presented of a search for compositeness in electrons and muons using a data sample of pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy root s = 7 TeV collected with the CMS detector at the LHC and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb(-1). Excited leptons (l*) are assumed to be produced via contact interactions in conjunction with a standard model lepton and to decay via l11.pdf lect11.pdf lecture_chapter5_semiconductor_detectors.pdf legge-stabilita-2013-comma-418.xlsx lezione01.ppt lezione12.ppt lezione9.ppt lineeGuida_conferenzeINFN.pdf -> l gamma, yielding a final state with two energetic leptons and a photon. The number of events observed in data is consistent with that expected from the standard model. The 95% confidence upper limits for the cross section for the production and decay of excited electrons (muons), with masses ranging from 0.6 to 2 TeV, are 1.48 to 1.24 fb (1.31 to 1.11 fb). Excited leptons with masses below 1.9 TeV are excluded for the case where the contact interaction scale equals the excited lepton mass. The limits on the cross sections are the most stringent ones published to date. (c) 2013 CERN. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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