A search for high-mass resonances decaying to tau(+)tau(-) in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

G. Aad, T. Abajyan, B. Abbott, J. Abdallah, S.A. Khalek, Mogens Dam, Jørgen Beck Hansen, Peter Henrik Hansen, John Renner Hansen, Jørn Dines Hansen, Simon Johann Franz Heisterkamp, Nele Maria Philomena Boelaert, Morten Dam Jørgensen, Esben Bryndt Klinkby, Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen, Sascha Mehlhase, Björn Stefan Nilsson, Troels Christian Petersen, Stefania Xella

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Abstract

This Letter presents a search for high-mass resonances decaying into τ+τ final states using proton-proton collisions at s=7 TeV produced by the Large Hadron Collider. The data were recorded with the ATLAS detector and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 4.6 fb−1. No statistically significant excess above the Standard Model expectation is observed; 95% credibility upper limits are set on the cross section times branching fraction of Z resonances decaying into τ+τ pairs as a function of the resonance mass. As a result, Z bosons of the Sequential Standard Model with masses less than 1.40 TeV are excluded at 95% credibility.

Original languageEnglish
JournalPhysics Letters B
Volume19
Issue number4-5
Pages (from-to)242-260
ISSN0370-2693
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 26 Feb 2013

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