@article{1c4e4ce63b294ffa89d9cf680d0d4462,
title = "Search for heavy Majorana neutrinos in μ±μ± + jets events in proton-proton collisions at s=8 TeV",
abstract = "A search is performed for heavy Majorana neutrinos (N) using an event signature defined by two muons of the same charge and two jets (μ±μ±jj). The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb-1 of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV, collected with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC. No excess of events is observed beyond the expected standard model background and upper limits are set on |VμN|2 as a function of Majorana neutrino mass mN for masses in the range of 40-500 GeV, where VμN is the mixing element of the heavy neutrino with the standard model muon neutrino. The limits obtained are |VμN|2<0.00470 for mN=90 GeV, |VμN|2<0.0123 for mN=200 GeV, and |VμN|2<0.583 for mN=500 GeV. These results extend considerably the regions excluded by previous direct searches.",
keywords = "CMS, Heavy neutrino, Physics",
author = "\{The CMS collaboration\} and V. Khachatryan and Sirunyan, \{A. M.\} and A. Tumasyan and W. Adam and T. Bergauer and M. Dragicevic and J. Er{\"o} and M. Friedl and R. Fr{\"u}hwirth and Ghete, \{V. M.\} and C. Hartl and N. H{\"o}rmann and J. Hrubec and M. Jeitler and W. Kiesenhofer and V. Kn{\"u}nz and M. Krammer and I. Kr{\"a}tschmer and D. Liko and I. Mikulec and D. Rabady and B. Rahbaran and H. Rohringer and R. Sch{\"o}fbeck and J. Strauss and W. Treberer-Treberspurg and W. Waltenberger and Wulz, \{C. E.\} and V. Mossolov and N. Shumeiko and \{Suarez Gonzalez\}, J. and S. Alderweireldt and S. Bansal and T. Cornelis and \{De Wolf\}, \{E. A.\} and X. Janssen and A. Knutsson and J. Lauwers and S. Luyckx and S. Ochesanu and R. Rougny and \{Van De Klundert\}, M. and \{Van Haevermaet\}, H. and \{Van Mechelen\}, P. and \{Van Remortel\}, N. and \{Van Spilbeeck\}, A. and F. Blekman and S. Blyweert and J. D'Hondt and M. Park",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 CERN for the benefit of the CMS Collaboration.",
year = "2015",
month = jul,
day = "2",
doi = "10.1016/j.physletb.2015.06.070",
language = "English",
volume = "748",
pages = "144--166",
journal = "Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics",
issn = "0370-2693",
}