A search for pair production of new light bosons decaying into muons in proton-proton collisions at 13 ?TeV

A search for new light bosons decaying into muon pairs is presented using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1 of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy √s =13 TeV, collected with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC. The search is model independent, only req...

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Autores: Sirunyan, A. M., Cabrillo Bartolomé, José Iban|||0000-0002-0367-4022, Calderón Tazón, Alicia|||0000-0002-7205-2040, Chazin Quero, Bárbara, Duarte Campderros, Jorge|||0000-0003-0687-5214, Fernández García, Marcos|||0000-0002-4824-1087, Fernández Manteca, Pedro José|||0000-0003-2566-7496, García Alonso, Andrea, García Ferrero, Juan, Gómez Gramuglio, Gervasio|||0000-0002-1077-6553, López Virto, María Amparo, Marco de Lucas, Jesús|||0000-0001-7914-8494, Martínez Rivero, Celso, Martínez Ruiz del Árbol, Pablo|||0000-0002-7737-5121, Matorras Weinig, Francisco|||0000-0003-4295-5668, Piedra Gómez, Jonatan|||0000-0002-9157-1700, Prieëls, Cédric|||0000-0003-3353-559X, Rodrigo Anoro, Teresa, Ruiz Jimeno, Alberto|||0000-0002-3639-0368, Scodellaro, Luca|||0000-0002-4974-8330, Trevisani, Nicolo, Vila Álvarez, Iván |||0000-0002-6797-7209, Vilar Cortabitarte, Rocío|||0000-0003-2045-8054
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/18195
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10902/18195
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:CMS
New light boson
Supersymmetry
Hidden sector
Dark photon
Muon
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Sumario:A search for new light bosons decaying into muon pairs is presented using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1 of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy √s =13 TeV, collected with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC. The search is model independent, only requiring the pair production of a new light boson and its subsequent decay to a pair of muons. No significant deviation from the predicted background is observed. A model independent limit is set on the product of the production cross section times branching fraction to dimuons squared times acceptance as a function of new light boson mass. This limit varies between 0.15 and 0.39 fb over a range of new light boson masses from 0.25 to 8.5 GeV. It is then interpreted in the context of the next-to-minimal supersymmetric standard model and a dark supersymmetry model that allows for nonnegligible light boson lifetimes. In both cases, there is significant improvement over previously published limits.