Search for heavy Majorana neutrinos with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV

A search for heavy Majorana neutrinos in events containing a pair of high-p(T) leptons of the same charge and high-p(T) jets is presented. The search uses 20.3 fb(-1) of pp collision data collected with the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider with a centre-of-mass energy of root s = 8TeV. The data are found to be consistent with the background-only hypothesis based on the Standard Model expectation. In the context of a Type-I seesaw mechanism, limits are set on the production cross-section times branching ratio for production of heavy Majorana neutrinos in the mass range between 100 and 500 GeV. The limits are subsequently interpreted as limits on the mixing between the heavy Majorana neutrinos and the Standard Model neutrinos. In the context of a left-right symmetric model, limits on the production cross-section times branching ratio are set with respect to the masses of heavy Majorana neutrinos and heavy gauge bosons W-R and Z.

Keywords:

Hadron-Hadron Scattering

Source:
Journal of High Energy Physics, 2015, 7

Projects:

ANPCyT, Argentina, YerPhI, Armenia, ARC, Australia, BMWFW, Austria, FWF, Austria, ANAS, Azerbaijan, SSTC, Belarus, CNPq, Brazil, FAPESP, Brazil, NSERC, Canada, NRC, Canada, CFI, Canada, CERN, CONICYT, Chile, CAS, China, MOST, China, NSFC, China, COLCIENCIAS, Colombia, MSMT CR, Czech Republic, MPO CR, Czech Republic, VSC CR, Czech Republic, DNRF, Denmark, DNSRC, Denmark, Lundbeck Foundation, Denmark, EPLANET, European Union, ERC, European Union, NSRF, European Union, IN2P3-CNRS, France, CEA-DSM/IRFU, France, GNSF, Georgia, BMBF, Germany, DFG, Germany, HGF, Germany, MPG, Germany, AvH Foundation, Germany, GSRT, Greece, NSRF, Greece, RGC, Hong Kong SAR, China, ISF, Israel, MINERVA, Israel, GIF, Israel, I-CORE, Israel, Benoziyo Center, Israel, INFN, Italy, MEXT, Japan, JSPS, Japan, CNRST, Morocco, FOM, Netherlands, NWO, Netherlands, BRF, Norway, RCN, Norway, MNiSW, Poland, NCN, Poland, GRICES, Portugal, FCT, Portugal, MNE/IFA, Romania, MES of Russia, Russian Federation, NRC KI, Russian Federation, JINR, MSTD, Serbia, MSSR, Slovakia, ARRS, Slovenia, MIZS, Slovenia, DST/NRF, South Africa, MINECO, Spain, SRC, Sweden, Wallenberg Foundation, Sweden, SER, Switzerland, SNSF, Switzerland, Cantons of Bern and Geneva, Switzerland, NSC, Taiwan, TAEK, Turkey, STFC, United Kingdom, Royal Society, United Kingdom, Leverhulme Trust, United Kingdom, DOE, United States of America, NSF, United States of America, ICREA

DOI: 10.1007/JHEP07(2015)162

ISSN: 1029-8479

WoS: 000358928700001

Scopus: 2-s2.0-84978025369

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AU  - Dimitrievska, A.
AU  - Krstić, Jelena
AU  - Mamužić, Judita
AU  - Marjanovic, M.
AU  - Popovic, D. S.
AU  - Sijacki, Dj.
AU  - Simic, Lj.
AU  - Vranjes, N.
AU  - Vranješ Milosavljević, Marija
AU  - Zivkovic, L.
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abstract = "A search for heavy Majorana neutrinos in events containing a pair of high-p(T) leptons of the same charge and high-p(T) jets is presented. The search uses 20.3 fb(-1) of pp collision data collected with the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider with a centre-of-mass energy of root s = 8TeV. The data are found to be consistent with the background-only hypothesis based on the Standard Model expectation. In the context of a Type-I seesaw mechanism, limits are set on the production cross-section times branching ratio for production of heavy Majorana neutrinos in the mass range between 100 and 500 GeV. The limits are subsequently interpreted as limits on the mixing between the heavy Majorana neutrinos and the Standard Model neutrinos. In the context of a left-right symmetric model, limits on the production cross-section times branching ratio are set with respect to the masses of heavy Majorana neutrinos and heavy gauge bosons W-R and Z.",
journal = "Journal of High Energy Physics",
title = "Search for heavy Majorana neutrinos with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV",
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Aad, G., Agatonović-Jovin, T., Bozic, I., Dimitrievska, A., Krstić, J., Mamužić, J., Marjanovic, M., Popovic, D. S., Sijacki, Dj., Simic, Lj., Vranjes, N., Vranješ Milosavljević, M.,& Zivkovic, L. (2015). Search for heavy Majorana neutrinos with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV.
Journal of High Energy Physics(7).
https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2015)162

Aad G, Agatonović-Jovin T, Bozic I, Dimitrievska A, Krstić J, Mamužić J, Marjanovic M, Popovic DS, Sijacki D, Simic L, Vranjes N, Vranješ Milosavljević M, Zivkovic L. Search for heavy Majorana neutrinos with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2015;(7)

Aad G., Agatonović-Jovin Tatjana, Bozic I., Dimitrievska A., Krstić Jelena, Mamužić Judita, Marjanovic M., Popovic D. S., Sijacki Dj., Simic Lj., Vranjes N., Vranješ Milosavljević Marija, Zivkovic L., "Search for heavy Majorana neutrinos with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV" Journal of High Energy Physics, no. 7 (2015),
https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2015)162 .