Search for a new scalar decaying into new spin-1 bosons in four-lepton final states with the ATLAS detector

The ATLAS collaboration
Phys.Lett.B 865 (2025) 139472, 2025.

Abstract (data abstract)
A search is conducted for a new scalar boson $S$, with a mass distinct from that of the Higgs boson, decaying promptly into four leptons ($\ell =$ $e$, $\mu$) via an intermediate state containing two on-shell, promptly decaying new spin-1 bosons $Z_{d}$: $S \rightarrow Z_{d}Z_{d} \rightarrow 4\ell$, where the $Z_{d}$ boson has a mass between 15 and 300 GeV, and the $S$ boson has a mass between either 30 and 115 GeV or 130 and 800 GeV. The search uses proton-proton collision data collected with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider with an integrated luminosity of 139 fb$^{-1}$ at a centre-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV. No significant excess above the Standard Model background expectation is observed. Upper limits at 95% confidence level are set on the production cross-section times branching ratio, $\sigma(gg \rightarrow S) \times \mathcal{B}(S\rightarrow Z_{d}Z_{d} \rightarrow 4\ell)$, as a function of the mass of both particles, $S$ and $m_{Z_{d}}$.

  • Average dilepton mass distribution in SR1

    Data from Figure 1a.

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    Average dilepton mass distribution $\left\langle m_{\ell\ell}\right\rangle = \frac{1}{2}\left(m_{ab} + m_{cd}\right)$ in Signal Region 1.

  • Average dilepton mass distribution in SR2

    Data from Figure 1b.

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    Average dilepton mass distribution $\left\langle m_{\ell\ell}\right\rangle = \frac{1}{2}\left(m_{ab} + m_{cd}\right)$ in Signal Region 2.

  • Total invariant mass distribution in SR1

    Data from Figure 2a.

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    Total invariant mass distribution $m_{4\ell}$ in Signal Region 1.

  • Total invariant mass distribution in SR2

    Data from Figure 2b.

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    Total invariant mass distribution $m_{4\ell}$ in Signal Region 2.

  • Total invariant mass vs average dilepton mass of data, in SR1

    Data from Figure 3a.

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    Selected events in the ($m_{4\ell}$, $\left\langle m_{\ell\ell}\right\rangle$) plane, SR1

  • Total invariant mass vs average dilepton mass of data, in SR2

    Data from Figure 3b.

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    Selected events in the ($m_{4\ell}$, $\left\langle m_{\ell\ell}\right\rangle$) plane, SR2

  • Total invariant mass vs average dilepton mass of background, SR1

    Data from Figure 4a.

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    Expected background events in the $(m_{4\ell}, \langle m_{\ell\ell}\rangle)$ plane, SR1

  • Total invariant mass vs average dilepton mass of signal, in SR1

    Data from Figure 4b.

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    Expected signal shape for $(m_{S}, m_{Z_d}) = (110~\text{GeV},30~\text{GeV}$) in the $(m_{4\ell}, \langle m_{\ell\ell}\rangle)$ plane, SR1. The signal distributions are normalized...

  • Total invariant mass vs average dilepton mass of background, SR2

    Data from Figure 4c.

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    Expected background events in the $(m_{4\ell}, \langle m_{\ell\ell}\rangle)$ plane, SR2. Events that satisfy $|m_{ab,cd} - m_Z| < 8~\text{GeV}$ are removed...

  • Total invariant mass vs average dilepton mass of signal, in SR2

    Data from Figure 4d.

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    Expected signal shape for $(m_{S}, m_{Z_{d}}) = (750~\text{GeV},150~\text{GeV}$) in the $(m_{4\ell}, \langle m_{\ell\ell}\rangle)$ plane, SR2. The signal distributions are normalized...

  • 95% CL expected limit in SR1

    Data from Figure 5a.

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    Expected 95% CL limit on $\sigma \mathcal{B}(S\rightarrow Z_{d}Z_{d} \rightarrow 4\ell)$, SR1

  • 95% CL observed limit in SR1

    Data from Figure 5b.

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    Observed 95% CL limit on $\sigma \mathcal{B}(S\rightarrow Z_{d}Z_{d} \rightarrow 4\ell)$, SR1

  • 95% CL limit ratio in SR1

    Data from Figure 5c.

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    Observed / Expected 95% CL limit ratio in SR1

  • 95% CL expected limit in SR2

    Data from Figure 5d.

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    Expected 95% CL limit on $\mathcal{B}(S\rightarrow Z_{d}Z_{d} \rightarrow 4\ell)$ with Z-veto, SR2

  • 95% CL observed limit in SR2

    Data from Figure 5e.

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    Observed 95% CL limit on $\sigma \mathcal{B}(S\rightarrow Z_{d}Z_{d} \rightarrow 4\ell)$ with Z-veto, SR2

  • 95% CL limit ratio with Z-veto in SR2

    Data from Figure 5f.

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    Observed / Expected 95% CL limit ratio with Z-veto, SR2

  • Local p0-values distribution in SR1

    Data from Figure 6a.

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    Local $p_0$-values in the ($m_{S}, m_{Z_{d}}$) plane, SR1

  • Local p0-values distribution in SR2

    Data from Figure 6b.

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    Local $p_0$-values in the ($m_{S}, m_{Z_{d}}$) plane, SR2 with Z-veto applied

  • Observed data distribution in SR1

    Data from Auxiliary Figure 2a.

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    Observed data in Signal Region 1 in the $(m_{4\ell}, \langle m_{\ell\ell}\rangle)$ plane.

  • Observed data distibution with Z-veto in SR2

    Data from Auxiliary Figure 2b.

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    Observed data in Signal Region 2 in the $(m_{4\ell}, \langle m_{\ell\ell}\rangle)$ plane. Events that satisfy $|m_{ab,cd} - m_Z| < 8~\text{GeV}$...

  • Average dilepton mass distribution in SR1 for 4e channel

    Data from Auxiliary Figure 5a.

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    Distributions of the average dilepton mass $\left\langle m_{\ell\ell}\right\rangle = \frac{1}{2}\left(m_{ab} + m_{cd}\right)$ for Signal Region 1 in the $4e$ final...

  • Average dilepton mass distribution in SR1 for 2e2mu channel

    Data from Auxiliary Figure 5b.

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    Distributions of the average dilepton mass $\left\langle m_{\ell\ell}\right\rangle = \frac{1}{2}\left(m_{ab} + m_{cd}\right)$ for Signal Region 1 in the $2e2\mu$ final...

  • Average dilepton mass distribution in SR1 for 4mu channel

    Data from Auxiliary Figure 5c.

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    Distributions of the average dilepton mass $\left\langle m_{\ell\ell}\right\rangle = \frac{1}{2}\left(m_{ab} + m_{cd}\right)$ for Signal Region 1 in the $4\mu$ final...

  • Average dilepton mass distribution in SR2 for 4e channel

    Data from Auxiliary Figure 5d.

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    Distributions of the average dilepton mass $\left\langle m_{\ell\ell}\right\rangle = \frac{1}{2}\left(m_{ab} + m_{cd}\right)$ for Signal Region 2 in the $4e$ final...

  • Average dilepton mass distribution in SR2 for 2e2mu channel

    Data from Auxiliary Figure 5e.

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    Distributions of the average dilepton mass $\left\langle m_{\ell\ell}\right\rangle = \frac{1}{2}\left(m_{ab} + m_{cd}\right)$ for Signal Region 2 in the $2e2\mu$ final...

  • Average dilepton mass distribution in SR2 for 4mu channel

    Data from Auxiliary Figure 5f.

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    Distributions of the average dilepton mass $\left\langle m_{\ell\ell}\right\rangle = \frac{1}{2}\left(m_{ab} + m_{cd}\right)$ for Signal Region 2 in the $4\mu$ final...

  • Total invariant mass distribution in SR1 for 4e channel

    Data from Auxiliary Figure 6a.

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    Distributions of the total invariant mass $m_{4\ell}$ for Signal Region 1 in the $4e$ final state. The SR1 requirement $m_{4\ell}...

  • Total invariant mass distribution in SR1 for 2e2mu channel

    Data from Auxiliary Figure 6b.

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    Distributions of the total invariant mass $m_{4\ell}$ for Signal Region 1 in the $2e2\mu$ final state. The SR1 requirement $m_{4\ell}...

  • Total invariant mass distribution in SR1 for 4mu channel

    Data from Auxiliary Figure 6c.

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    Distributions of the total invariant mass $m_{4\ell}$ for Signal Region 1 in the $4\mu$ final state. The SR1 requirement $m_{4\ell}...

  • Total invariant mass distribution in SR2 for 4e channel

    Data from Auxiliary Figure 6d.

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    Distributions of the total invariant mass $m_{4\ell}$ for Signal Region 2 in the $4e$ final state.

  • Total invariant mass distribution in SR2 for 2e2mu channel

    Data from Auxiliary Figure 6e.

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    Distributions of the total invariant mass $m_{4\ell}$ for Signal Region 2 in the $2e2\mu$ final state.

  • Total invariant mass distribution in SR2 for 4mu channel

    Data from Auxiliary Figure 6f.

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    Distributions of the total invariant mass $m_{4\ell}$ for Signal Region 2 in the $4\mu$ final state.

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