2012

Search for new particles decaying to ZZ using final states with leptons and jets with the ATLAS detector in sqrt(s) = 7 Tev proton-proton collisions

ATLAS Collaboration

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A search is presented for a narrow resonance decaying to a pair of Z bosons using data corresponding to 1.02/fb of integrated luminosity collected by the ATLAS experiment from pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV.

  • Events containing either four charged leptons (llll) or two charged leptons and two jets (lljj) are analyzed and found to be consistent with the Standard Model background expectation.
  • Lower limits on a resonance mass are set using the Randall-Sundrum (RS1) graviton model as a benchmark.
  • Using both llll and lljj events, an RS1 graviton with k/m_pl = 0.1 and mass between 325 and 845 GeV is excluded at 95% confidence level.

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