Search for vector-like leptons with long-lived particle decays in the CMS muon system in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV
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Chekhovsky, V.
Hayrapetyan, A.
Makarenko, V.
Tumasyan, A.
Adam, W.
Andrejkovic, J. W.
Benato, L.
Bergauer, T.
Chatterjee, S.
Damanakis, K.
Date Issued
August 20, 2025
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Journal of High Energy Physics
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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The CMS collaboration., Chekhovsky, V., Hayrapetyan, A. et al. Search for vector-like leptons with long-lived particle decays in the CMS muon system in proton-proton collisions at
√s = 13 TeV. J. High Energ. Phys. 2025, 156 (2025).
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Abstract
A first search is presented for vector-like leptons (VLLs) exclusively decaying into a light long-lived pseudoscalar boson and a standard model τ lepton. The pseudoscalar boson is assumed to have a mass below the τ+τ− threshold, so that it decays exclusively into two photons. It is identified using the CMS muon system. The analysis is carried out using a data set of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV collected by the CMS experiment in 2016–2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb−1. Selected events contain at least one pseudoscalar boson decaying electromagnetically in the muon system and at least one hadronically decaying τ lepton. No significant excess of data events is observed compared to the background expectation. Upper limits are set at 95% confidence level on the vector-like lepton production cross section as a function of the VLL mass and the pseudoscalar boson mean proper decay length. The observed and expected exclusion ranges of the VLL mass extend up to 700 and 670 GeV, respectively, depending on the pseudoscalar boson lifetime.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science
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https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2025)156
