Naslov
Search for heavy neutrinos and W[R] bosons with right-handed couplings in a left-right symmetric model in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV

Autori
Chatrchyan, S. ; ... ; Godinović, Nikola ; Lelas, Damir ; Pleština, Roko ; Polić, Dunja ; Puljak, Ivica ; Antunović, Željko ; Kovač, Marko ; Brigljević, Vuko ; Đurić, Senka ; Kadija, Krešo ; Luetić, Jelena ; Mekterović, Darko ; Morović, Srećko ; ... ; Swanson, J.

Izvornik
Physical Review Letters (0031-9007) 109 (2012); 261802 -1

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
LHC; CMS; neutrinos

Sažetak
Results are presented from a search for heavy, right-handed muon neutrinos, N[mu], and right-handed W[R] bosons, which arise in the left-right symmetric extensions of the standard model. The analysis is based on a 5.0 inverse femtobarn sample of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV, collected by the CMS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. No evidence is observed for an excess of events over the standard model expectation. For models with exact left-right symmetry, heavy right-handed neutrinos are excluded at 95% confidence level for a range of neutrino masses below the W[R] mass, dependent on the value of M(W[R]). The excluded region in the two-dimensional (M(W[R]), M(N[mu])) mass plane extends to M(W[R]) = 2.5 TeV.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Fizika

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