@article{e2339a082394466687df8a4d35685f77,
title = "A search for high-mass resonances decaying to τ+τ− in pp collisions at √s =8 TeV with the ATLAS detector",
abstract = "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.]",
keywords = "Hadron-Hadron Scattering",
author = "{The ATLAS Collaboration} and G. Aad and B. Abbott and J. Abdallah and {Abdel Khalek}, S. and O. Abdinov and R. Aben and B. Abi and M. Abolins and AbouZeid, {O. S.} and H. Abramowicz and H. Abreu and R. Abreu and Y. Abulaiti and Acharya, {B. S.} and L. Adamczyk and Adams, {D. L.} and J. Adelman and S. Adomeit and T. Adye and T. Agatonovic-Jovin and Aguilar-Saavedra, {J. A.} and M. Agustoni and Ahlen, {S. P.} and F. Ahmadov and G. Aielli and H. Akerstedt and {\AA}kesson, {T. P.A.} and G. Akimoto and Akimov, {A. V.} and Alberghi, {G. L.} and J. Albert and S. Albrand and {Alconada Verzini}, {M. J.} and M. Aleksa and Aleksandrov, {I. N.} and C. Alexa and G. Alexander and G. Alexandre and T. Alexopoulos and M. Alhroob and G. Alimonti and L. Alio and J. Alison and Allbrooke, {B. M.M.} and E. Cheu and Johns, {K. A.} and P. Loch and Rutherfoord, {J. P.} and Shupe, {M. A.} and Varnes, {E. W.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015, SISSA, Trieste, Italy.",
year = "2015",
month = jul,
day = "6",
doi = "10.1007/JHEP07(2015)157",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "2015",
journal = "Journal of High Energy Physics",
issn = "1126-6708",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
number = "7",
}