Search for narrow resonances in dilepton mass spectra in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV CMS Collaboration


Chatrchyan S., Khachatryan V., Sirunyan A. M., Tumasyan A., Adam W., Bergauer T., ...More

PHYSICS LETTERS B, vol.714, pp.158-179, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 714
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.physletb.2012.06.051
  • Journal Name: PHYSICS LETTERS B
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.158-179
  • Keywords: CMS, Dileptons, Resonances, FERMION-PAIR PRODUCTION, E(+)E(-) COLLISIONS, CONSTRAINTS, PHYSICS, HADRON
  • Çukurova University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

A search for narrow, high-mass resonances decaying to electron or muon pairs has been performed using pp collision data collected at root s = 7 TeV by the CMS experiment in 2011. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of approximately 5 fb(-1). The event yields observed in the signal regions are consistent with predictions of the standard model backgrounds, and upper limits on the cross section times branching fraction for a resonance decaying to dileptons are extracted from a shape analysis of the dilepton invariant mass distribution. The resulting mass limits at 95% confidence level are 2330 GeV for the Z' in the Sequential Standard Model, 2000 GeV for the superstring-inspired Z'(psi) resonance, 890 (540) GeV for the Stueckelberg extension Z'(St) the mass parameter epsilon = 0.06 (0.04), and 2140 (1810) GeV for Kaluza-Klein gravitons with the coupling parameter k/(M) over bar (Pl) of 0.10 (0.05). These limits are the most stringent to date. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.