@article{fd0ae2a95f1c479287159f6258da1a72,
title = "Search for the lepton flavor violating decay τ → 3μ in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV",
abstract = "Results are reported from a search for the lepton flavor violating decay τ → 3μ in proton-proton collisions at s = 13 TeV. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 33.2 fb−1 recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2016. The search exploits τ leptons produced in both W boson and heavy-flavor hadron decays. No significant excess above the expected background is observed. An upper limit on the branching fraction ℬ(τ → 3μ) of 8.0 × 10−8 at 90% confidence level is obtained, with an expected upper limit of 6.9 × 10−8. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]",
keywords = "Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments), Lepton production, Tau Physics",
author = "{The CMS Collaboration} and Sirunyan, {A. M.} and A. Tumasyan and W. Adam and F. Ambrogi and T. Bergauer and M. Dragicevic and J. Er{\"o} and {Escalante Del Valle}, A. and R. Fr{\"u}hwirth and M. Jeitler and N. Krammer and L. Lechner and D. Liko and T. Madlener and I. Mikulec and Pitters, {F. M.} and N. Rad and J. Schieck and R. Sch{\"o}fbeck and M. Spanring and S. Templ and W. Waltenberger and Wulz, {C. E.} and M. Zarucki and V. Chekhovsky and A. Litomin and V. Makarenko and {Suarez Gonzalez}, J. and Darwish, {M. R.} and {De Wolf}, {E. A.} and {Di Croce}, D. and X. Janssen and T. Kello and A. Lelek and M. Pieters and {Rejeb Sfar}, H. and {Van Haevermaet}, H. and {Van Mechelen}, P. and S. Tavernier and D. M{\"u}ller and Joshi, {B. M.} and Chatterjee, {R. M.} and Evans, {Andrew C} and Sh Jain and M. Krohn and Y. Kubota and J. Mans and R. Rusack and N. Strobbe and B. Marzocchi",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021, The Author(s).",
year = "2021",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1007/JHEP01(2021)163",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "2021",
journal = "Journal of High Energy Physics",
issn = "1126-6708",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
number = "1",
}