Results of applying the BH algorithm to the mass spectra in the leading photon category, using the fitted background estimations from the initial step

Results of applying the BH algorithm to the mass spectra in the leading electron category, using the fitted background estimations from the initial step

Results of applying the BH algorithm to the mass spectra in the leading muon category, using the fitted background estimations from the initial step

Results of applying the BH algorithm to the mass spectra in the leading small-R jet category, using the fitted background estimations from the initial step

Results of applying the BH algorithm to the mass spectra in the leading bjet category, using the fitted background estimations from the initial step

Results of applying the BH algorithm to the mass spectra in the leading large-R jet category, using the fitted background estimations from the initial step

Results of applying the BH algorithm to the mass spectra in the leading photon category, using the fitted background estimations from the initial step

Results of applying the BH algorithm to the mass spectra in the leading electron category, using the fitted background estimations from the initial step

Results of applying the BH algorithm to the mass spectra in the leading muon category, using the fitted background estimations from the initial step

Results of applying the BH algorithm to the mass spectra in the inclusive category, using the fitted background estimations from the initial step

Results of applying the BH algorithm to the mass spectra in the inclusive category, using the fitted background estimations from the initial step

Upper limits at 95% CL on the cross section times branching fraction times acceptance for a Gaussian-shaped signal with a relative width value of 3% as a function of mass in the leading small-R jet category

Upper limits at 95% CL on the cross section times branching fraction times acceptance for a Gaussian-shaped signal with a relative width value of 3% as a function of mass in the leading bjet category

Upper limits at 95% CL on the cross section times branching fraction times acceptance for a Gaussian-shaped signal with a relative width value of 3% as a function of mass in the leading large-R jet category

Upper limits at 95% CL on the cross section times branching fraction times acceptance for a Gaussian-shaped signal with a relative width value of 3% as a function of mass in the leading photon category

Upper limits at 95% CL on the cross section times branching fraction times acceptance for a Gaussian-shaped signal with a relative width value of 3% as a function of mass in the leading electron category

Upper limits at 95% CL on the cross section times branching fraction times acceptance for a Gaussian-shaped signal with a relative width value of 3% as a function of mass in the leading muon category

Upper limits at 95% CL on the cross section times branching fraction times acceptance for a Gaussian-shaped signal with a relative width value of 3% as a function of mass in the leading small-R jet category

Upper limits at 95% CL on the cross section times branching fraction times acceptance for a Gaussian-shaped signal with a relative width value of 3% as a function of mass in the leading bjet category

Upper limits at 95% CL on the cross section times branching fraction times acceptance for a Gaussian-shaped signal with a relative width value of 3% as a function of mass in the leading large-R jet category

Upper limits at 95% CL on the cross section times branching fraction times acceptance for a Gaussian-shaped signal with a relative width value of 3% as a function of mass in the leading photon category

Upper limits at 95% CL on the cross section times branching fraction times acceptance for a Gaussian-shaped signal with a relative width value of 3% as a function of mass in the leading electron category

Upper limits at 95% CL on the cross section times branching fraction times acceptance for a Gaussian-shaped signal with a relative width value of 3% as a function of mass in the leading muon category

Upper limits at 95% CL on the cross section times branching fraction times acceptance for a Gaussian-shaped signal with a relative width value of 3% as a function of mass in the inclusive category

Upper limits at 95% CL on the cross section times branching fraction times acceptance for a Gaussian-shaped signal with a relative width value of 3% as a function of mass in the inclusive category

Comparison of observed upper limits at 95% CL on the cross section times branching fraction times acceptance for a Gaussian-shaped signals with relative width values as a function of mass in the leading small-R jet category

Comparison of observed upper limits at 95% CL on the cross section times branching fraction times acceptance for a Gaussian-shaped signals with relative width values as a function of mass in the leading bjet category

Comparison of observed upper limits at 95% CL on the cross section times branching fraction times acceptance for a Gaussian-shaped signals with relative width values as a function of mass in the leading large-R jet category

Comparison of observed upper limits at 95% CL on the cross section times branching fraction times acceptance for a Gaussian-shaped signals with relative width values as a function of mass in the leading photon category

Comparison of observed upper limits at 95% CL on the cross section times branching fraction times acceptance for a Gaussian-shaped signals with relative width values as a function of mass in the leading electron category

Comparison of observed upper limits at 95% CL on the cross section times branching fraction times acceptance for a Gaussian-shaped signals with relative width values as a function of mass in the leading muon category

Comparison of observed upper limits at 95% CL on the cross section times branching fraction times acceptance for a Gaussian-shaped signals with relative width values as a function of mass in the leading small-R jet category

Comparison of observed upper limits at 95% CL on the cross section times branching fraction times acceptance for a Gaussian-shaped signals with relative width values as a function of mass in the leading bjet category

Comparison of observed upper limits at 95% CL on the cross section times branching fraction times acceptance for a Gaussian-shaped signals with relative width values as a function of mass in the leading large-R jet category

Comparison of observed upper limits at 95% CL on the cross section times branching fraction times acceptance for a Gaussian-shaped signals with relative width values as a function of mass in the leading photon category

Comparison of observed upper limits at 95% CL on the cross section times branching fraction times acceptance for a Gaussian-shaped signals with relative width values as a function of mass in the leading electron category

Comparison of observed upper limits at 95% CL on the cross section times branching fraction times acceptance for a Gaussian-shaped signals with relative width values as a function of mass in the leading muon category

Comparison of observed upper limits at 95% CL on the cross section times branching fraction times acceptance for a Gaussian-shaped signals with relative width values as a function of mass in the inclusive category

Comparison of observed upper limits at 95% CL on the cross section times branching fraction times acceptance for a Gaussian-shaped signals with relative width values as a function of mass in the inclusive category

Acceptance times efficiency in an HVT model as a function of mass in the leading large-R jet category

Upper limits at 95% CL on the cross section times the branching fraction($W^{\prime} \to ZW$) for the HVT signal as functions of mass($m_{ZX}$) in the leading large-R jet category.The full(dashed) red curves correspond to the theoretical predictions of HVT model A(B)

Comparison of the identification efficiencies using standard and merged-ee reconstruction as a function of true PT(Z)

Background rejection factor as a function of signal efficiency. The red curve shows the BDT performance whereas the blue curve corresponds to that of a cut-based analysis relying only on the jet energyfraction deposited in the EM calorimeter

BH p-values of the 100 pseudo-experiments as a function of in the leading small-R jet category for an injected Gaussian-shaped signal with a relative width value of 3%. The fractions of the pseudo-experiments that have the correctly identified interval and BH p-values below the threshold of 0.01 are indicated. The background is derived by the background-only fit in the full fitting range.

BH p-values of the 100 pseudo-experiments as a function of in the leading small-R jet category for an injected Gaussian-shaped signal with a relative width value of 3%. The fractions of the pseudo-experiments that have the correctly identified interval and BH p-values below the threshold of 0.01 are indicated. The background is derived by the background-only fit in the range excluding the BH interval.

Fractions of pseudo-experiments in which the detected BH interval agrees with the injected mass point and the BH p-value is below 0.01 as a function of mass in the leading small-R jet category for Gaussian-shaped signal with a relative width of 3%.

Fractions of pseudo-experiments in which the detected BH interval agrees with the injected mass point and the BH p-value is below 0.01 as a function of mass in the leading small-R jet category for Gaussian-shaped signal with a relative width of 3%.

Distribution of exclusion upper limits on signal event yields at 95% CL from 1000 pseudo-experiments for Gaussian-shaped signals with relative width values of 3% at the low boundary of the limit-sensitive mass range for the ZX spectrum of the leading small-R jet category. The vertical line corresponds to the expected nominal exclusion limit at 95% CL.

Distribution of exclusion upper limits on signal event yields at 95% CL from 1000 pseudo-experiments for Gaussian-shaped signals with relative width values of 3% at the high boundary of the limit-sensitive mass range for the ZX spectrum of the leading small-R jet category. The vertical line corresponds to the expected nominal exclusion limit at 95% CL.

Distribution of exclusion upper limits on signal event yields at 95% CL from 1000 pseudo-experiments for Gaussian-shaped signals with relative width values of 5% at the low boundary of the limit-sensitive mass range for the ZX spectrum of the leading small-R jet category. The vertical line corresponds to the expected nominal exclusion limit at 95% CL.

Distribution of exclusion upper limits on signal event yields at 95% CL from 1000 pseudo-experiments for Gaussian-shaped signals with relative width values of 5% at the high boundary of the limit-sensitive mass range for the ZX spectrum of the leading small-R jet category. The vertical line corresponds to the expected nominal exclusion limit at 95% CL.

Distribution of exclusion upper limits on signal event yields at 95% CL from 1000 pseudo-experiments for Gaussian-shaped signals with relative width values of 10% at the low boundary of the limit-sensitive mass range for the ZX spectrum of the leading small-R jet category. The vertical line corresponds to the expected nominal exclusion limit at 95% CL.

Distribution of exclusion upper limits on signal event yields at 95% CL from 1000 pseudo-experiments for Gaussian-shaped signals with relative width values of 10% at the high boundary of the limit-sensitive mass range for the ZX spectrum of the leading small-R jet category. The vertical line corresponds to the expected nominal exclusion limit at 95% CL.

Data yields of the six event categories in the $Z\to e^+e^-$ and $\mu^+\mu^-$ decay channels. The merged-$e^+e^-$ events are included in the $e^+e^-$ channel, increasing the event yield, mainly in the leading large-$R$-jet category, by 0.6 %.

A list of mass spectra, event categories and their corresponding fit ranges, functional forms, numbers of free parameters and global $\chi^2$ $p$-values from background-only fits. The fit range values are rounded to the nearest 5 GeV. Here $f_1(x)=p_0\left(\mathrm{e}^{-p_1x}+p_2\mathrm{e}^{-(p_1+p_3)x}+p_4\mathrm{e}^{-(p_1+p_3+p_5)x}+\cdots\right)$ and $f_2(x)=p_0(1-x)^{p_1}x^{p_2+p_3\ln\!x+p_4\ln^2\!x+\cdots}$

A list of mass spectra, event categories and their corresponding signal-sensitive mass ranges. The initial BH $p$-value is obtained by using the background derived from the background-only fit in the full fit range, whereas the new BH $p$-value uses the background derived from the background-only fit in the range excluding the initial BH interval.

A list of mass spectra, event categories, relative width values of Gaussian-shaped signals and limit-sensitive mass ranges and fractions, corresponding to the mass values in the previous column, of pseudo-experiments having exclusion upper limits higher than the nominal exclusion limit at 95% CL

Cutflow of HVT model $A$ signals ($W^\prime \to ZW \to \ell\ell qq$) with $m_{W^\prime} = 1$ TeV and $m_{W^\prime} = 4$ TeV based on MC simulations.

Acceptance times efficiency ($\mathcal{A} \times \epsilon$) values in % in the dominant event category for $p^Z_{\mathrm{T}} > 100$ GeV in the $Z \to \ell^{+}\ell^{-}$ decay channel.

Drell-Yan signal region selection cutflow for a simulated W' in the HVT model A with m_W' = 1 TeV. The unweighted number of events is shown.

VBF signal region selection cutflow for a simulated W' in the HVT model C with m_W' = 500 GeV. The unweighted number of events is shown.

VBF signal region selection cutflow for a simulated H5+ in the GM model with m_H5+ = 450 GeV. The unweighted number of events is shown.

The acceptancetimes efficiencyof the HVT W' in the Drell-Yan signal region for different mass points and for the individual channels and the sum of all channels. The uncertainty includes both statistical and experimental systematic components.

The acceptancetimes efficiencyof VBF H5+ selection after the ANN-based VBF selection at different mass points for the individual channels and the sum of all channels. The uncertainty includes both statistical and experimental systematic components.

The acceptancetimes efficiencyof VBF HVT W' selection after the ANN-based VBF selection at different mass points for the individual channels and the sum of all channels. The uncertainty includes both statistical and experimental systematic components.

The acceptancetimes efficiencyof VBF H5+ selection after the cut-based VBF selection at different mass points for the individual channels and the sum of all channels. The uncertainty includes both statistical and experimental systematic components.

The acceptancetimes efficiencyof VBF HVT W' selection after the cut-based VBF selection at different mass points for the individual channels and the sum of all channels. The uncertainty includes both statistical and experimental systematic components.

Observed and expected 95% CL exclusion upper limits on sigma * B(W' -> WZ) for the Drell-Yan production of a W' boson in the HVT model as a function of its mass. The LO theory predictions for HVT Model A with g_V=1 and Model B with g_V=3 are also shown.

Using the ANN VBF selection, observed and expected 95% CL upper limits on sigma * B(W' -> WZ) for the VBF production of a W' boson in the HVT with parameter c_F=0, as a function of its mass. The LO theory predictions for HVT VBF model with different values of the coupling parameters g_V and c_H are also shown.

Using the ANN VBF selection, observed and expected 95% CL upper limits on sigma * B(W' -> WZ) of the GM model as a function of m_H_5.

Using the ANN VBF selection, observed and expected 95% CL upper limits on sin(thetaH) of the GM model as a function of m_H_5.

Using the cut-based VBF selection, observed and expected 95% CL upper limits on sigma * B(W' -> WZ) for the VBF production of a W' boson in the HVT with parameter c_F=0, as a function of its mass. The LO theory predictions for HVT VBF model with different values of the coupling parameters g_V and c_H are also shown.

Using the cut-based VBF selection, observed and expected 95% CL upper limits on sigma * B(W' -> WZ) of the GM model as a function of m_H_5.

Using the cut-based VBF selection, observed and expected 95% CL upper limits on sin(thetaH) of the GM model as a function of m_H_5.