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Multi-lepton signatures of vector-like leptons with flavor

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posted on 2023-06-09, 22:59 authored by Stefan Bißmann, Gudrun Hiller, Clara Hormigos Feliu, Daniel LitimDaniel Litim
We investigate collider signatures of standard model extensions featuring vector-like leptons and a flavor- ful scalar sector. Such a framework arises naturally within asymptotically safe model building, which tames the UV behavior of the standard model towards the Planck scale and beyond. We focus on values of Yukawa couplings and masses which allow to explain the present data on the muon and electron anomalous magnetic moments. Using a CMS search based on 77.4 fb-1 at the vs = 13 TeV LHC we find that flavorful vector-like leptons are excluded for masses below around 300 GeV if they are singlets under SU (2)L , and around 800 GeV if they are doublets. Exploiting the flavor-violating-like decays of the scalars, we design novel null test observables based on opposite sign opposite flavor invariant masses. These multi-lepton distributions allow to signal new physics and to extract mass hierarchies in reach of near-future searches at the LHC and the HL-LHC.

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South-Eastern Particle Theory Alliance Sussex - RHUL - UCL 2020-2023 - Sussex node; G2836; STFC-SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL; ST/T00102X/1

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European Physical Journal C

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1434-6044

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Springer

Volume

81

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1-21

Article number

a101

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  • Physics and Astronomy Publications

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Legacy Posted Date

2021-02-05

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2021-02-05

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2021-02-05

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