Search for the charged-lepton-flavor-violating decay $Z\rightarrow eμ$ in $pp$ 
collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV with the ATLAS detector

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Search for the charged-lepton-flavor-violating decay $Z\rightarrow eμ$ in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV with the ATLAS detector

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ATLAS Collaboration (2023). Search for the charged-lepton-flavor-violating decay $Z\rightarrow eμ$ in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV with the ATLAS detector. Physical Review D, 108, 032015. Retrieved from https://publications.mppmu.mpg.de/?action=search&mpi=MPP-2022-275.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000F-11E0-0

Abstract

A search for the charged-lepton-flavor-violating process $Z\rightarrow e\mu$ is presented, using 139 fb$^{-1}$ of $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV $pp$ collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. An excess in the $e\mu$ invariant mass spectrum near the $Z$ boson mass would be a striking signature of new physics. No excess is observed, and an upper limit ${\cal B}(Z\rightarrow e\mu) < 2.62 \times 10^{-7}$ is placed on the branching fraction at 95% confidence level, which is related to a ratio of the observed $e\mu$ yield to the average of the observed yields of $ee$ and $\mu\mu$ events to significantly reduce systematic uncertainties.