Reconstructing a Heavy Neutral Lepton at the LHC

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Autores principales: de la Torre, Pablo, Masip, Manuel, Vilches, Fuensanta
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author de la Torre, Pablo
Masip, Manuel
Vilches, Fuensanta
author_facet de la Torre, Pablo
Masip, Manuel
Vilches, Fuensanta
contents Heavy lepton singlets $N$ slightly mixed with a standard neutrino $ν_\ell$ are usually searched for at the LHC in the trilepton plus $p_{\rm T}^{\rm miss}$ channel: $pp \to W^+ \to \ell^+ N$ with $N\to \ell^- W^+ \to \ell^- \ell'^+ ν$. We show that, although the longitudinal momentum of the final $ν$ escapes detection, the mass of the heavy lepton can be reconstructed. While this possibility has not been considered in recent LHC searches, we find that the search for a mass peak could systematically improve the current collider bounds on the mixing $|V_{\ell N}|^2$ for any mass $m_N\ge M_W$.
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spellingShingle Reconstructing a Heavy Neutral Lepton at the LHC
de la Torre, Pablo
Masip, Manuel
Vilches, Fuensanta
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Heavy lepton singlets $N$ slightly mixed with a standard neutrino $ν_\ell$ are usually searched for at the LHC in the trilepton plus $p_{\rm T}^{\rm miss}$ channel: $pp \to W^+ \to \ell^+ N$ with $N\to \ell^- W^+ \to \ell^- \ell'^+ ν$. We show that, although the longitudinal momentum of the final $ν$ escapes detection, the mass of the heavy lepton can be reconstructed. While this possibility has not been considered in recent LHC searches, we find that the search for a mass peak could systematically improve the current collider bounds on the mixing $|V_{\ell N}|^2$ for any mass $m_N\ge M_W$.
title Reconstructing a Heavy Neutral Lepton at the LHC
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.04340