Search for heavy narrow dilepton resonances in pp collisions at s=7 TeV and s=8 TeV

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2013-03-13
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Chatrchyan, S.
Khachatryan, V.
Sirunyan, A. M.
Tumasyan, A.
Adam, W.
Aguilo, E.
Bergauer, T.
Dragicevic, M.
Erö, J.
Fabjan, C.
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An updated search for heavy narrow resonances decaying to muon or electron pairs using the CMS detector is presented. Data samples from pp collisions at s=7 TeV and 8 TeV at the LHC, with integrated luminosities of up to 5.3 and 4.1 fb−1, respectively, are combined. No evidence for a heavy narrow resonance is observed. The analysis of the combined data sets excludes, at 95% confidence level, a Sequential Standard Model ZSSM′ resonance lighter than 2590 GeV, a superstring-inspired Zψ′ lighter than 2260 GeV, and Kaluza–Klein gravitons lighter than 2390 (2030) GeV, assuming that the coupling parameter k/M¯Pl is 0.10 (0.05). These are the most stringent limits to date.
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CMS, Electrons, Muons, Physics, Resonances, Z ′
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Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics. v.720(1-3)