TY - JOUR
T1 - Search for heavy neutrinos and right-handed W bosons in events with two leptons and jets in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
AU - Aad, G.
AU - Boelaert, Nele Maria Philomena
AU - Dam, Mogens
AU - Hansen, Jørgen Beck
AU - Hansen, Peter Henrik
AU - Hansen, Jørn Dines
AU - Hansen, John Renner
AU - Heisterkamp, Simon Johann Franz
AU - Mehlhase, Sascha
AU - Jørgensen, Morten Dam
AU - Klinkby, Esben Bryndt
AU - Nilsson, Björn Stefan
AU - Petersen, Troels Christian
AU - Løvschall-Jensen, Ask Emil
AU - Xella, Stefania
PY - 2012/7/3
Y1 - 2012/7/3
N2 - This letter reports on a search for hypothetical heavy neutrinos, N, and right-handed gauge bosons, W R , in events with high transverse momentum objects which include two reconstructed leptons and at least one hadronic jet. The results were obtained from data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.1 fb −1 collected in proton–proton collisions at √ s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. No excess above the Standard Model background expectation is observed. Excluded mass regions for Majorana and Dirac neutrinos are presented using two approaches for interactions that violate lepton and lepton-flavor numbers. One approach uses an effective operator framework, the other approach is guided by the Left– Right Symmetric Model. The results described in this letter represent the most stringent limits to date on the masses of heavy neutrinos and W R bosons obtained in direct searches.
AB - This letter reports on a search for hypothetical heavy neutrinos, N, and right-handed gauge bosons, W R , in events with high transverse momentum objects which include two reconstructed leptons and at least one hadronic jet. The results were obtained from data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.1 fb −1 collected in proton–proton collisions at √ s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. No excess above the Standard Model background expectation is observed. Excluded mass regions for Majorana and Dirac neutrinos are presented using two approaches for interactions that violate lepton and lepton-flavor numbers. One approach uses an effective operator framework, the other approach is guided by the Left– Right Symmetric Model. The results described in this letter represent the most stringent limits to date on the masses of heavy neutrinos and W R bosons obtained in direct searches.
U2 - 10.1140/epjc/s10052-012-2056-4
DO - 10.1140/epjc/s10052-012-2056-4
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1434-6044
VL - 72
SP - 2056
JO - The European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
JF - The European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
IS - 7
ER -