Search for a $W^\\prime$ boson decaying to a muon and a neutrino in $pp$ collisions at $\\sqrt{s} = 7$ TeV
Journal
Physics Letters
Journal Volume
B701
Pages
160-179
Date Issued
2011-03
Author(s)
Abstract
A new heavy gauge boson, W , decaying to a muon and a neutrino, is searched for in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. The data, collected with the CMS detector at the LHC, correspond to an integrated luminosity of 36 pb -1 . No significant excess of events above the standard model expectation is found in the transverse mass distribution of the muon-neutrino system. Masses below 1.40 TeV are excluded at the 95% confidence level for a sequential standard-model-like W . The W mass lower limit increases to 1.58 TeV when the present analysis is combined with the CMS result for the electron channel.
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journal article