
Abstract A search is performed for long-lived heavy neutral leptons (HNLs), produced through the decay of a W boson along with a muon or electron. Two channels are explored: a leptonic channel, in which the HNL decays into two leptons and a neutrino, and a semi-leptonic channel, in which the HNL decays into a lepton and a charged pion. The search is performed with 140 fb −1 of $$ \sqrt{s} $$ s = 13 TeV proton-proton collision data collected by ATLAS during Run 2 of the Large Hadron Collider. No excess of events is observed; Dirac-like and Majorana-like HNLs with masses below 14.5 GeV and mixing coefficients as small as 10 −7 are excluded at the 95% confidence level. The results are interpreted under different assumptions on the flavour of the leptons from the HNL decays.
Exotics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Hadron-Hadron Scattering, Beyond Standard Model, FOS: Physical sciences, 5106 Nuclear and Plasma Physics, LHC, ATLAS, High Energy Physics, High Energy Physics, 51 Physical Sciences, 530, 5107 Particle and High Energy Physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Exotics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Hadron-Hadron Scattering, Beyond Standard Model, FOS: Physical sciences, 5106 Nuclear and Plasma Physics, LHC, ATLAS, High Energy Physics, High Energy Physics, 51 Physical Sciences, 530, 5107 Particle and High Energy Physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment
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