# A search for high-mass resonances decaying to τ+τ− in pp collisions at √s =8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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Abstract: A search for high-mass resonances decaying into τ+τ final states using proton-proton collisions at s=8$$\sqrt{s}=8$$ TeV produced by the Large Hadron Collider is presented. The data were recorded with the ATLAS detector and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 19.5–20.3 fb−1. No statistically significant excess above the Standard Model expectation is observed; 95% credibility upper limits are set on the cross section times branching fraction of Z′ resonances decaying into τ+τ pairs as a function of the resonance mass. As a result, Z′ bosons of the Sequential Standard Model with masses less than 2.02 TeV are excluded at 95% credibility. The impact of the fermionic couplings on the Z′ acceptance is investigated and limits are also placed on a Z′ model that exhibits enhanced couplings to third-generation fermions.[Figure not available: see fulltext.]

Original language English (US) 157 Journal of High Energy Physics 2015 7 https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2015)157 Published - Jul 6 2015

collisions
detectors
protons
acceptability
bosons
fermions
luminosity
cross sections

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In: Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol. 2015, No. 7, 157, 06.07.2015.

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