Search for Lepton-Flavor Violation in Z -Boson Decays with τ Leptons with the ATLAS Detector

(ATLAS Collaboration)

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.271801

Search for Lepton-Flavor Violation in Z -Boson Decays with τ Leptons with the ATLAS Detector

(ATLAS Collaboration)

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Abstract

A search for lepton-flavor-violating Z→eτ and Z→μτ decays with pp collision data recorded by the ATLAS detector at the LHC is presented. This analysis uses 139 fb-1 of Run 2 pp collisions at s=13 TeV and is combined with the results of a similar ATLAS search in the final state in which the τ lepton decays hadronically, using the same data set as well as Run 1 data. The addition of leptonically decaying τ leptons significantly improves the sensitivity reach for Z→ℓτ decays. The Z→ℓτ branching fractions are constrained in this analysis to B(Z→eτ)<7.0×10-6 and B(Z→μτ)<7.2×10-6 at 95% confidence level. The combination with the previously published analyses sets the strongest constraints to date: B(Z→eτ)<5.0×10-6 and B(Z→μτ)<6.5×10-6 at 95% confidence level.

Original language	English
Article number	271801
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	127
Issue number	27
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.271801
State	Published - 31 Dec 2021

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BSF-NSF
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
Australian Research Council
La Caixa Banking Foundation
Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
National Stroke Foundation
Narodowe Centrum Nauki
CEA-DRF
Science and Technology Facilities Council
H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
General Secretariat for Research and Innovation
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Israel Science Foundation
Wallenberg Foundation
Leverhulme Trust
PROMETEO
Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS
Generalitat de Catalunya
Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014-2021
Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaft
Austrian Science Fund
Norges Forskningsråd
Ministrstvo za Izobraževanje, Znanost in Šport
Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft
Danmarks Grundforskningsfond
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Czech Republic
Canarie
Göran Gustafssons Stiftelser
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Neurosurgical Research Foundation
Ministarstvo Prosvete, Nauke i Tehnološkog Razvoja
U.S. Department of Energy
European Cooperation in Science and Technology
EU-ESF
Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
RGC
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute"
GIF, Israel
Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport
Nella and Leon Benoziyo Center for Neurological Diseases, Weizmann Institute of Science
GenT Programmes Generalitat Valenciana, Spain
Cantons of Bern and Geneva
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Defence Science Institute
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
VSC CR
Compute Canada
Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica
Royal Society
European Research Council
European Regional Development Fund
Ministerstwo Edukacji i Nauki
IRFU
CERN
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Ministerstvo Školství, Mládeže a Tělovýchovy
National Research Council Canada
Vetenskapsrådet
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
Council on grants of the President of the Russian Federation
Horizon 2020
British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Azərbaycan Milli Elmlər Akademiyası
Danish Natural Science Research Council	IN2P3-CNRS

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Search for Lepton-Flavor Violation in Z -Boson Decays with τ Leptons with the ATLAS Detector

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