Search for heavy resonances decaying into a pair of Z bosons in the ℓ+ℓ-ℓ′ +ℓ′ - and ℓ+ℓ-νν¯ final states using 139 fb - 1 of proton–proton collisions at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector



Aad, G ORCID: 0000-0002-6665-4934, Abbott, B ORCID: 0000-0002-5888-2734, Abbott, DC ORCID: 0000-0002-7248-3203, Abud, AA ORCID: 0000-0002-2788-3822, Abeling, K ORCID: 0000-0002-1002-1652, Abhayasinghe, DK ORCID: 0000-0002-2987-4006, Abidi, SH ORCID: 0000-0002-8496-9294, AbouZeid, OS ORCID: 0000-0002-8279-9324, Abraham, NL, Abramowicz, H ORCID: 0000-0001-5329-6640
et al (show 90 more authors) (2021) Search for heavy resonances decaying into a pair of Z bosons in the ℓ+ℓ-ℓ′ +ℓ′ - and ℓ+ℓ-νν¯ final states using 139 fb - 1 of proton–proton collisions at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector European Physical Journal C, 81 (4). 332-. ISSN 1434-6044, 1434-6052

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Abstract

A search for heavy resonances decaying into a pair of Z bosons leading to ℓ+-′ +′ - and ℓ+-νν¯ final states, where ℓ stands for either an electron or a muon, is presented. The search uses proton–proton collision data at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV collected from 2015 to 2018 that corresponds to the integrated luminosity of 139 fb - 1 recorded by the ATLAS detector during Run 2 of the Large Hadron Collider. Different mass ranges spanning 200 GeV to 2000 GeV for the hypothetical resonances are considered, depending on the final state and model. In the absence of a significant observed excess, the results are interpreted as upper limits on the production cross section of a spin-0 or spin-2 resonance. The upper limits for the spin-0 resonance are translated to exclusion contours in the context of Type-I and Type-II two-Higgs-doublet models, and the limits for the spin-2 resonance are used to constrain the Randall–Sundrum model with an extra dimension giving rise to spin-2 graviton excitations.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: 58 pages in total, author list starting page 42, 10 figures, 6 tables, published in EPJC. All figures including auxiliary figures are available at https://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/PAPERS/HIGG-2018-09
Uncontrolled Keywords: hep-ex, hep-ex
Divisions: Faculty of Science & Engineering > School of Physical Sciences
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 11 May 2021 07:45
Last Modified: 22 Jan 2026 08:24
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09013-y
Open Access URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140%2Fepjc%2...
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3122202
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