Search for new phenomena in events with three charged leptons at √s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Aad, G. and Abajyan, T. and Abbott, B. and Abdallah, J. and Khalek, S. A. and Abdelalim, A. A. and Abdinov, O. and Aben, R. and Abi, B. and Abolins, M. and AbouZeid, O. S. and Abramowicz, H. and Abreu, H. and Acharya, B. S. and Adamczyk, L. and Adams, D. L. and Addy, T. N. and Adelman, J. and Adomeit, S. and Adragna, P. and Adye, T. and Aefsky, S. and Aguilar-Saavedra, J. A. and Agustoni, M. and Aharrouche, M. and Ahlen, S. P. and Ahles, F. and Ahmad, A. and Ahsan, M. and Aielli, G. and Krasznahorkay, Attila and Pásztor, Gabriella and Tóth, József (2013) Search for new phenomena in events with three charged leptons at √s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 87 (5). ISSN 2470-0010

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Abstract

A generic search for anomalous production of events with at least three charged leptons is pre- sented. The search uses a pp-collision data sample at a center-of-mass energy of √s = 7 TeV cor- responding to 4.6 fb−1 of integrated luminosity collected in 2011 by the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. Events are required to contain at least two electrons or muons, while the third lepton may either be an additional electron or muon, or a hadronically decaying tau lepton. Events are categorized by the presence or absence of a reconstructed tau-lepton or Z-boson candidate decay- ing to leptons. No significant excess above backgrounds expected from Standard Model processes is observed. Results are presented as upper limits on event yields from non-Standard-Model processes producing at least three prompt, isolated leptons, given as functions of lower bounds on several kine- matic variables. Fiducial efficiencies for model testing are also provided. The use of the results is illustrated by setting upper limits on the production of doubly-charged Higgs bosons decaying to same-sign lepton pairs

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