The polarization of tau leptons is measured using leptonic and hadronic tau lepton decays in Z -> tau(+)tau(-) events in proton-proton collisions at root s = 13 TeV recorded by CMS at the CERN LHC with an integrated luminosity of 36.3 fb(-1). The measured tau(-) lepton polarization at the Z boson mass pole is P-tau(Z) = -0.144 +/- 0.006 (stat) +/- 0.014 (syst) = -0.144 +/- 0.015, in good agreement with the measurement of the tau lepton asymmetry parameter of A(tau) = 0.1439 +/- 0.0043 = -P-tau(Z) at LEP. The tau lepton polarization depends on the ratio of the vector to axial-vector couplings of the tau leptons in the neutral current expression, and thus on the effective weak mixing angle sin(2)theta(eff)(W), independently of the Z boson production mechanism. The obtained value sin(2)theta(eff)(W) = 0.2319 +/- 0.0008(stat) +/- 0.0018(syst) = 0.2319 +/- 0.0019 is in good agreement with measurements at e(+)e(-) colliders.

Measurement of the τ lepton polarization in Z boson decays in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV / Null, N., Hayrapetyan, A., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Andrejkovic, J.W., Bergauer, T., Chatterjee, S., Damanakis, K., Dragicevic, M., Escalante Del Valle, A., Hussain, P.S., Jeitler, M., Krammer, N., Liko, D., Mikulec, I., Schieck, J., Schöfbeck, R., Schwarz, D., Sonawane, M., Templ, S., et al.. - In: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. - ISSN 1029-8479. - 2024:1(2024), pp. 1-53. [10.1007/jhep01(2024)101]

Measurement of the τ lepton polarization in Z boson decays in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV

Cunqueiro Mendez, L.;Del Re, D.;Mijuskovic, J.;Organtini, G.;Paramatti, R.;Quaranta, C.;Rahatlou, S.;Santanastasio, F.;
2024

Abstract

The polarization of tau leptons is measured using leptonic and hadronic tau lepton decays in Z -> tau(+)tau(-) events in proton-proton collisions at root s = 13 TeV recorded by CMS at the CERN LHC with an integrated luminosity of 36.3 fb(-1). The measured tau(-) lepton polarization at the Z boson mass pole is P-tau(Z) = -0.144 +/- 0.006 (stat) +/- 0.014 (syst) = -0.144 +/- 0.015, in good agreement with the measurement of the tau lepton asymmetry parameter of A(tau) = 0.1439 +/- 0.0043 = -P-tau(Z) at LEP. The tau lepton polarization depends on the ratio of the vector to axial-vector couplings of the tau leptons in the neutral current expression, and thus on the effective weak mixing angle sin(2)theta(eff)(W), independently of the Z boson production mechanism. The obtained value sin(2)theta(eff)(W) = 0.2319 +/- 0.0008(stat) +/- 0.0018(syst) = 0.2319 +/- 0.0019 is in good agreement with measurements at e(+)e(-) colliders.
2024
hadron-hadron scattering; Tau physics; lepton; boson
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Measurement of the τ lepton polarization in Z boson decays in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV / Null, N., Hayrapetyan, A., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Andrejkovic, J.W., Bergauer, T., Chatterjee, S., Damanakis, K., Dragicevic, M., Escalante Del Valle, A., Hussain, P.S., Jeitler, M., Krammer, N., Liko, D., Mikulec, I., Schieck, J., Schöfbeck, R., Schwarz, D., Sonawane, M., Templ, S., et al.. - In: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. - ISSN 1029-8479. - 2024:1(2024), pp. 1-53. [10.1007/jhep01(2024)101]
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