Search for heavy narrow dilepton resonances in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV and $\sqrt{s}=8$ TeV

• Main Author: CMS collaboration (2203 authors)
• Publication Date: 2013
• Other Authors: Hollar, Jonathan, Nayak, Aruna, Calpas, Betty, Almeida, Nuno, Bargassa, Pedrame, David Tinoco Mendes, Andre, Faccioli, Pietro, Ferreira Parracho, Pedro Guilherme, Gallinaro, Michele, Seixas, Joao, Varela, Joao, Vischia, Pietro, Lloret Iglesias, Lara, Musella, Pasquale, Rodrigues Antunes, Joao, Silva, Pedro, Pela, Joao, Leonardo, Nuno
• Format: Article
• Language: eng
• Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
• Download full: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2013.02.003; http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/26352

An updated search for heavy narrow resonances decaying to muon or electron pairs using the CMS detector is presented. Data samples from pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV and 8 TeV at the LHC, with integrated luminosities of up to 5.3 and 4.1 inverse femtobarns, respectively, are combined. No evidence for a heavy narrow resonance is observed. The analysis of the combined data sets excludes, at 95% confidence level, a Sequential Standard Model Z'[SSM] resonance lighter than 2590 GeV, a superstring-inspired Z'[psi] lighter than 2260 GeV, and Kaluza-Klein gravitons lighter than 2390 (2030) GeV, assuming that the coupling parameter k/M-bar[Pl] is 0.10 (0.05). These are the most stringent limits to date.