Title
Search for long-lived heavy neutrinos at the LHC with a VBF trigger
Date Issued
01 July 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Springer Nature
Abstract
The charged current production of long-lived heavy neutrinos at the LHC can use a prompt charged lepton for triggering the measurement of the process. However, in order to fully characterize the heavy neutrino interactions, it is necessary to also probe Higgs or Z mediated neutral current production. In this case the charged lepton is not available, so other means of triggering are required. In this work, we explore the possibility of using a vector boson fusion trigger in the context of a GeV-scale Type I Seesaw model. We consider a minimal model, where both Higgs and Z-mediated contributions produce one heavy neutrino, as well as an extended model where the Higgs can decay into two heavy ones. Both scenarios are tested through displaced dilepton and displaced multitrack jet searches.
Volume
80
Issue
7
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física atómica, molecular y química
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85088164173
Source
European Physical Journal C
ISSN of the container
14346044
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus