Search for the lepton flavor violating decay τ → 3μ in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV
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Results are reported from a search for the lepton flavor violating decay τ → 3μ in proton-proton collisions at s√ = 13 TeV. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 33.2 fb−1 recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2016. The search exploits τ leptons produced in both W boson and heavy-flavor hadron decays. No significant excess above the expected background is observed. An upper limit on the branching fraction ℬ(τ → 3μ) of 8.0 × 10−8 at 90% confidence level is obtained, with an expected upper limit of 6.9 × 10−8. Show more
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https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000468395Publication status
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Journal of High Energy PhysicsVolume
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Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments); Lepton production; Tau PhysicsOrganisational unit
03593 - Dissertori, Günther / Dissertori, Günther
03904 - Wallny, Rainer / Wallny, Rainer
03593 - Dissertori, Günther / Dissertori, Günther
09720 - de Cosa, Annapaola / de Cosa, Annapaola
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