TY - JOUR
T1 - Search for doubly charged Higgs bosons in like-sign dilepton final states at √s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
AU - The ATLAS Collaboration
AU - Aad, G.
AU - Abajyan, T.
AU - Abbott, B.
AU - Abdallah, J.
AU - Khalek, S. Abdel
AU - Abdelalim, A. A.
AU - Abdinov, O.
AU - Aben, R.
AU - Abi, B.
AU - Abolins, M.
AU - Zeid, O. S.Abou
AU - Abramowicz, H.
AU - Abreu, H.
AU - Acharya, B. S.
AU - Adamczyk, L.
AU - Adams, D. L.
AU - Addy, T. N.
AU - Adelman, J.
AU - Adomeit, S.
AU - Adragna, P.
AU - Adye, T.
AU - Aefsky, S.
AU - Aguilar-Saavedra, J. A.
AU - Agustoni, M.
AU - Aharrouche, M.
AU - Ahlen, S. P.
AU - Ahles, F.
AU - Ahmad, A.
AU - Ahsan, M.
AU - Aielli, G.
AU - Åkesson, T. P.A.
AU - Akimoto, G.
AU - Akimov, A. V.
AU - Alam, M. S.
AU - Alam, M. A.
AU - Albert, J.
AU - Albrand, S.
AU - Aleksa, M.
AU - Aleksandrov, I. N.
AU - Alessandria, F.
AU - Alexa, C.
AU - Alexander, G.
AU - Alexandre, G.
AU - Alexopoulos, T.
AU - Alhroob, M.
AU - Aliev, M.
AU - Alimonti, G.
AU - Alison, J.
AU - Allbrooke, B. M.M.
AU - Sasao, N.
N1 - Funding Information:
We acknowledge the support of ANPCyT, Argentina; YerPhI, Armenia; ARC, Australia; BMWF and FWF, Austria; ANAS, Azerbaijan; SSTC, Belarus; CNPq and FAPESP, Brazil; NSERC, NRC and CFI, Canada; CERN; CONICYT, Chile; CAS, MOST and NSFC, China; COLCIENCIAS, Colombia; MSMT CR, MPO CR and VSC CR, Czech Republic; DNRF, DNSRC and Lundbeck Foundation, Denmark; EPLANET and ERC, European Union; IN2P3-CNRS, CEA-DSM/IRFU, France; GNSF, Georgia; BMBF, DFG, HGF, MPG and AvH Foundation, Germany; GSRT, Greece; ISF, MINERVA, GIF, DIP and Benoziyo Center, Israel; INFN, Italy; MEXT and JSPS, Japan; CNRST, Morocco; FOM and NWO, Netherlands; BRF and RCN, Norway; MNiSW, Poland; GRICES and FCT, Portugal; MERYS (MECTS), Romania; MES of Russia and ROSATOM, Russian Federation; JINR; MSTD, Serbia; MSSR, Slovakia; ARRS and MVZT, Slovenia; DST/NRF, South Africa; MICINN, Spain; SRC and Wallenberg Foundation, Sweden; SER, SNSF and Cantons of Bern and Geneva, Switzerland; NSC, Taiwan; TAEK, Turkey; STFC, the Royal Society and Leverhulme Trust, United Kingdom; DOE and NSF, United States of America.
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PY - 2012/12/4
Y1 - 2012/12/4
N2 - A search for doubly charged Higgs bosons decaying to pairs of electrons and/or muons is presented. The search is performed using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.7 fb−1of pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV collected by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Pairs of prompt, isolated, high-pT leptons with the same electric charge (e±e±, e±μ±, μ±μ±) are selected, and their invariant mass distribution is searched for a narrow resonance. No significant excess over Standard Model background expectations is observed, and limits are placed on the cross section times branching ratio for pair production of doubly charged Higgs bosons. The masses of doubly charged Higgs bosons are constrained depending on the branching ratio into these leptonic final states. Assuming pair production, coupling to left-handed fermions, and a branching ratio of 100% for each final state, masses below 409 GeV, 375 GeV, and 398 GeV are excluded for e±e±, e±μ±, and μ±μ±, respectively.
AB - A search for doubly charged Higgs bosons decaying to pairs of electrons and/or muons is presented. The search is performed using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.7 fb−1of pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV collected by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Pairs of prompt, isolated, high-pT leptons with the same electric charge (e±e±, e±μ±, μ±μ±) are selected, and their invariant mass distribution is searched for a narrow resonance. No significant excess over Standard Model background expectations is observed, and limits are placed on the cross section times branching ratio for pair production of doubly charged Higgs bosons. The masses of doubly charged Higgs bosons are constrained depending on the branching ratio into these leptonic final states. Assuming pair production, coupling to left-handed fermions, and a branching ratio of 100% for each final state, masses below 409 GeV, 375 GeV, and 398 GeV are excluded for e±e±, e±μ±, and μ±μ±, respectively.
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U2 - 10.1140/epjc/s10052-012-2244-2
DO - 10.1140/epjc/s10052-012-2244-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84873104381
SN - 1434-6044
VL - 72
JO - European Physical Journal C
JF - European Physical Journal C
IS - 12
M1 - 2244
ER -