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Search for low-mass resonances decaying to ττ in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13.6 TeV
Abstract
An inclusive search is presented for spin-zero bosons decaying to ττ in a previously unexplored mass range between 20 and 60 GeV using proton-proton collision data at √s = 13.6 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 61.9 fb−1 recorded by CMS in 2022−2023. The search is performed using a high-rate trigger stream in combination with a novel low-momentum hadronic tau reconstruction algorithm. No significant excess above the standard model background is observed. Upper limits on the product of the spin-zero resonance production cross section and branching fraction to ττ are set at 95% confidence level between 40 and 400 pb.
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BibTeX
@misc{collaboration2026search,
title = {{Search for low-mass resonances decaying to $ττ$ in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrts$ = 13.6 TeV}},
author = {CMS Collaboration},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2605.25103},
eprint = {2605.25103},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.25103},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Search for low-mass resonances decaying to ττ in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13.6 TeV
AU - CMS Collaboration
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/11
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2605.25103
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.25103
AB - An inclusive search is presented for spin-zero bosons decaying to ττ in a previously unexplored mass range between 20 and 60 GeV using proton-proton collision data at √s = 13.6 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 61.9 fb^−1 recorded by CMS in 2022−2023. The search is performed using a high-rate trigger stream in combination with a novel low-momentum hadronic tau reconstruction algorithm. No significant excess above the standard model background is observed. Upper limits on the product of the spin-zero resonance production cross section and branching fraction to ττ are set at 95% confidence level between 40 and 400 pb.
ER -