/ hep-ex CMS-B2G-16-023

Search for diboson resonances in the 2$\ell$2$\nu$ final state

Abstract: A search for heavy resonances decaying to a pair of Z bosons is performed using data collected with the CMS detector at the LHC. Events are selected by requiring two oppositely charged leptons (electrons or muons), consistent with the decay of a Z boson, and large missing transverse momentum, which is interpreted as arising from the decay of a second Z boson to two neutrinos. The analysis uses data from proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb$^{-1}$. The hypothesis of a spin-2 bulk graviton (X) decaying to a pair of Z bosons is examined for 600$\le m_\mathrm{X} \le$2500 GeV and upper limits at 95% confidence level are set on the product of the production cross section and branching fraction of X$\to$ZZ ranging from 100 to 4 fb. For bulk graviton models characterized by a curvature scale parameter $\tilde{k}=$0.5 in the extra dimension, the region $m_\mathrm{X} <$800 GeV is excluded, providing the most stringent limit reported to date. Variations of the model considering the possibility of a wide resonance produced exclusively via gluon--gluon fusion or $\mathrm{q}\overline{\mathrm{q}}$ annihilation are also examined.

Note: *Temporary entry*; Submitted to JHEP. All figures and tables can be found at http://cms-results.web.cern.ch/cms-results/public-results/publications/B2G-16-023 (CMS Public Pages)

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