A search is performed for heavy neutrinos in the decay of a W boson into two muons and a jet. The data set corresponds to an integrated luminosity of approximately 3.0 fb^−1 of proton–proton collision data at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV collected with the LHCb experiment. Both same-sign and opposite-sign muons in the final state are considered. Data are found to be consistent with the expected background. Upper limits on the coupling of a heavy neutrino with the Standard Model neutrino are set at 95% confidence level in the heavy-neutrino mass range from 5 to 50 GeV/c^2. These are of the order of 10^−3 for lepton-number-conserving decays and of the order of 10^−4 for lepton-number-violating heavy-neutrino decays.
Search for Heavy Neutral Leptons in W+ → μ+ μ± Jet Decays
Capriotti, L.;
2021
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A search is performed for heavy neutrinos in the decay of a W boson into two muons and a jet. The data set corresponds to an integrated luminosity of approximately 3.0 fb^−1 of proton–proton collision data at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV collected with the LHCb experiment. Both same-sign and opposite-sign muons in the final state are considered. Data are found to be consistent with the expected background. Upper limits on the coupling of a heavy neutrino with the Standard Model neutrino are set at 95% confidence level in the heavy-neutrino mass range from 5 to 50 GeV/c^2. These are of the order of 10^−3 for lepton-number-conserving decays and of the order of 10^−4 for lepton-number-violating heavy-neutrino decays.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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