First Limits on Left-Right Symmetry Scale from LHC Data

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We use the early Large Hadron Collider data to set the lower limit on the scale of Left-Right symmetry, by searching for the right-handed charged gauge boson $W_R$ via the final state with two leptons and two jets, for 33/pb integrated luminosity and 7 TeV center-of-mass energy.

• In the absence of a signal beyond the Standard Model background, we set the bound M_WR > 1.4 TeV at 95% C.L..
• This result is obtained for a range of right-handed neutrino masses of the order of few 100 GeV, assuming no accidental cancelation in right-handed lepton mixings.