A search for events containing isolated tau leptons and large missing transverse momentum, not originating from the tau decay, has been performed with the ZEUS detector at the electron-proton collider HERA, using 130 pb(-1) of integrated luminosity. A search was made for isolated tracks coming from hadronic tau decays. Observables based on the internal jet structure were exploited to discriminate between tau decays and quark- or gluon-induced jets. Three tau candidates were found, while 0.40(-0.13)(+0.12) were expected from Standard Model processes, such as charged current deep inelastic scattering and single W(+/-) -boson production. To search for heavy-particle decays, a more restrictive selection was applied to isolate tau leptons produced together with a hadronic final state with high transverse momentum. Two candidate events survive, while 0.20 +/- 0.05 events are expected from Standard Model processes.
Isolated tau leptons in events with large missing transverse momentum at HERA
BRUGNERA, RICCARDO;CARLIN, ROBERTO;GARFAGNINI, ALBERTO;A. Longhin;
2004
Abstract
A search for events containing isolated tau leptons and large missing transverse momentum, not originating from the tau decay, has been performed with the ZEUS detector at the electron-proton collider HERA, using 130 pb(-1) of integrated luminosity. A search was made for isolated tracks coming from hadronic tau decays. Observables based on the internal jet structure were exploited to discriminate between tau decays and quark- or gluon-induced jets. Three tau candidates were found, while 0.40(-0.13)(+0.12) were expected from Standard Model processes, such as charged current deep inelastic scattering and single W(+/-) -boson production. To search for heavy-particle decays, a more restrictive selection was applied to isolate tau leptons produced together with a hadronic final state with high transverse momentum. Two candidate events survive, while 0.20 +/- 0.05 events are expected from Standard Model processes.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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