Abstract
A study of events containing two tau leptons with high transverse momentum has been performed with the ZEUS detector at HERA, using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 0.33 fb(-1). The tau candidates were identified from their decays into electrons, muons or hadronic jets. The number of tau-pair candidates has been compared with the prediction from the Standard Model, where the largest contribution is expected from Bethe-Heitler processes. The total visible cross section was extracted. Standard Model expectations agree well with the measured distributions, also at high invariant mass of the tau pair.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 117 |
Pages (from-to) | 1-22 |
Number of pages | 23 |
Journal | Journal of High Energy Physics |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | Feb-2011 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Lepton-Nucleon Scattering
- CENTRAL TRACKING DETECTOR
- ZEUS BARREL CALORIMETER
- HIGH TRANSVERSE-MOMENTA
- EP COLLISIONS
- HADRON-COLLISIONS
- LEPTON PRODUCTION
- DESIGN
- CONSTRUCTION
- PERFORMANCE
- SYSTEM