Search for physics beyond the standard model in multilepton final states in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 13 TeV

The CMS collaboration
JHEP 03 (2020) 051, 2020.

Abstract
A search for physics beyond the standard model in events with at least three charged leptons (electrons or muons) is presented. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb$^{-1}$ of proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 13 TeV, collected with the CMS detector at the LHC in 2016-2018. The two targeted signal processes are pair production of type-III seesaw heavy fermions and production of a light scalar or pseudoscalar boson in association with a pair of top quarks. The heavy fermions may be manifested as an excess of events with large values of leptonic transverse momenta or missing transverse momentum. The light scalars or pseudoscalars may create a localized excess in the dilepton mass spectra. The results exclude heavy fermions of the type-III seesaw model for masses below 880 GeV at 95% confidence level in the scenario of equal branching fractions to each lepton flavor. This is the most restrictive limit on the flavor-democratic scenario of the type-III seesaw model to date. Assuming a Yukawa coupling of unit strength to top quarks, branching fractions of new scalar (pseudoscalar) bosons to dielectrons or dimuons above 0.004 (0.03) and 0.04 (0.03) are excluded at 95% confidence level for masses in the range 15-75 and 108-340 GeV, respectively. These are the first limits in these channels on an extension of the standard model with scalar or pseudoscalar particles.

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    The $M_{T}$ distribution in the WZ-enriched region. The last bin contains the overflow events.

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    The $L_{T}$ distribution in the ttZ-enriched region. The last bin contains the overflow events.

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    The $S_{T}$ distribution in the ZZ-enriched region. The last bin contains the overflow events.

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    The $L_{T}$ distribution in the MisID-enriched region. The last bin contains the overflow events.

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    The $L_{T}+p^{miss}_{T}$ distribution in the 3L below-Z signal region. The last bin contains the overflow events.

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    The $M_{T}$ distribution in the 3L on-Z signal region. The last bin contains the overflow events.

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    The $L_{T}+p^{miss}_{T}$ distribution in the 3L above-Z signal region. The last bin contains the overflow events.

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    The $L_{T}+p^{miss}_{T}$ distribution in the 3L OSSF0 signal region. The last bin contains the overflow events.

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    The $L_{T}+p^{miss}_{T}$ distribution in the 4L OSSF0 signal region. The last bin contains the overflow events.

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    The $L_{T}+p^{miss}_{T}$ distribution in the 4L OSSF1 signal region. The last bin contains the overflow events.

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    The $L_{T}+p^{miss}_{T}$ distribution in the 4L OSSF2 signal region. The last bin contains the overflow events.

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    The dielectron $M_{OSSF}^{20}$ distribution in the 3L(ee) 0B, $S_{T}$<400 GeV signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow...

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    The dielectron $M_{OSSF}^{300}$ distribution in the 3L(ee) 0B, $S_{T}$<400 GeV signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow...

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    The dielectron $M_{OSSF}^{20}$ distribution in the 3L(ee) 0B, 400<$S_{T}$<800 GeV signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow...

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    The dielectron $M_{OSSF}^{300}$ distribution in the 3L(ee) 0B, 400<$S_{T}$<800 GeV signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow...

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    The dielectron $M_{OSSF}^{20}$ distribution in the 3L(ee) 0B, $S_{T}$>800 GeV signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow...

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    The dielectron $M_{OSSF}^{300}$ distribution in the 3L(ee) 0B, $S_{T}$>800 GeV signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow...

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    The dielectron $M_{OSSF}^{20}$ distribution in the 3L(ee) 1B, $S_{T}$<400 GeV signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow...

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    The dielectron $M_{OSSF}^{300}$ distribution in the 3L(ee) 1B, $S_{T}$<400 GeV signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow...

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    The dielectron $M_{OSSF}^{20}$ distribution in the 3L(ee) 1B, 400<$S_{T}$<800 GeV signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow...

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    The dielectron $M_{OSSF}^{300}$ distribution in the 3L(ee) 1B, 400<$S_{T}$<800 GeV signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow...

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    The dielectron $M_{OSSF}^{20}$ distribution in the 3L(ee) 1B, $S_{T}$>800 GeV signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow...

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    The dielectron $M_{OSSF}^{300}$ distribution in the 3L(ee) 1B, $S_{T}$>800 GeV signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow...

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    The dielectron $M_{OSSF}^{20}$ distribution in the 4L(ee) 0B, $S_{T}$<400 GeV signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow...

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    The dielectron $M_{OSSF}^{300}$ distribution in the 4L(ee) 0B, $S_{T}$<400 GeV signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow...

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    The dielectron $M_{OSSF}^{20}$ distribution in the 4L(ee) 0B, $S_{T}$>400 GeV signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow...

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    The dielectron $M_{OSSF}^{300}$ distribution in the 4L(ee) 0B, $S_{T}$>400 GeV signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow...

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    The dielectron $M_{OSSF}^{20}$ distribution in the 4L(ee) 1B signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow events. The...

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    The dielectron $M_{OSSF}^{300}$ distribution in the 4L(ee) 1B signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow events. The...

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    The dimuon $M_{OSSF}^{20}$ distribution in the 3L($\mu\mu$) 0B, $S_{T}$<400 GeV signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow...

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    The dimuon $M_{OSSF}^{300}$ distribution in the 3L($\mu\mu$) 0B, $S_{T}$<400 GeV signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow...

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    The dimuon $M_{OSSF}^{20}$ distribution in the 3L($\mu\mu$) 0B, 400<$S_{T}$<800 GeV signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow...

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    The dimuon $M_{OSSF}^{300}$ distribution in the 3L($\mu\mu$) 0B, 400<$S_{T}$<800 GeV signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow...

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    The dimuon $M_{OSSF}^{20}$ distribution in the 3L($\mu\mu$) 0B, $S_{T}$>800 GeV signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow...

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    The dimuon $M_{OSSF}^{300}$ distribution in the 3L($\mu\mu$) 0B, $S_{T}$>800 GeV signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow...

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    The dimuon $M_{OSSF}^{20}$ distribution in the 3L($\mu\mu$) 1B, $S_{T}$<400 GeV signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow...

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    The dimuon $M_{OSSF}^{300}$ distribution in the 3L($\mu\mu$) 1B, $S_{T}$<400 GeV signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow...

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    The dimuon $M_{OSSF}^{20}$ distribution in the 3L($\mu\mu$) 1B, 400<$S_{T}$<800 GeV signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow...

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    The dimuon $M_{OSSF}^{300}$ distribution in the 3L($\mu\mu$) 1B, 400<$S_{T}$<800 GeV signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow...

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    The dimuon $M_{OSSF}^{20}$ distribution in the 3L($\mu\mu$) 1B, $S_{T}$>800 GeV signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow...

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    The dimuon $M_{OSSF}^{300}$ distribution in the 3L($\mu\mu$) 1B, $S_{T}$>800 GeV signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow...

  • Figure 10a

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    The dimuon $M_{OSSF}^{20}$ distribution in the 4L($\mu\mu$) 0B, $S_{T}$<400 GeV signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow...

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    The dimuon $M_{OSSF}^{300}$ distribution in the 4L($\mu\mu$) 0B, $S_{T}$<400 GeV signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow...

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    The dimuon $M_{OSSF}^{20}$ distribution in the 4L($\mu\mu$) 0B, $S_{T}$>400 GeV signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow...

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    The dimuon $M_{OSSF}^{300}$ distribution in the 4L($\mu\mu$) 0B, $S_{T}$>400 GeV signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow...

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    The dimuon $M_{OSSF}^{20}$ distribution in the 4L($\mu\mu$) 1B signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow events. The...

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    The dimuon $M_{OSSF}^{300}$ distribution in the 4L($\mu\mu$) 1B signal region. The last bin does not contain the overflow events. The...

  • Figure 11

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    The 95% confidence level exclusion limits for the flavor-democratic scenario on the total production cross section of heavy fermion pairs.

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    The 95% confidence level exclusion limits on the product of the total production cross section of tt$\phi$(S) and $\mathcal{B}(\phi -...

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    The 95% confidence level exclusion limits on the product of the total production cross section of tt$\phi$(PS) and $\mathcal{B}(\phi -...

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    The 95% confidence level exclusion limits on the product of the total production cross section of tt$\phi$(S) and $\mathcal{B}(\phi -...

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    The 95% confidence level exclusion limits on the product of the total production cross section of tt$\phi$(PS) and $\mathcal{B}(\phi -...

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    The 95% confidence level exclusion limits on $g_{t}^2\mathcal{B}(\phi - {ee})$ for tt$\phi$(S).

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    The 95% confidence level exclusion limits on $g_{t}^2\mathcal{B}(\phi - {ee})$ for tt$\phi$(PS).

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    The 95% confidence level exclusion limits on $g_{t}^2\mathcal{B}(\phi - {\mu\mu})$ for tt$\phi$(S).

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    The 95% confidence level exclusion limits on $g_{t}^2\mathcal{B}(\phi - {\mu\mu})$ for tt$\phi$(PS).

  • Table 4a

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    Product of the fiducial acceptance and the event selection efficiency for the type-III Seesaw signal model at various signal mass...

  • Table 4b

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    Product of the fiducial acceptance and the event selection efficiency for the tt$\phi$ signal models at various signal mass hypotheses...

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