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@ARTICLE{Aad:461967,
author = {Aad, G. and others},
collaboration = {{ATLAS Collaboration}},
title = {{T}est of the universality of $\tau$ and $\mu$ lepton
couplings in ${W}$-boson decays with the {ATLAS} detector},
journal = {Nature physics},
volume = {17},
number = {7},
issn = {1745-2481},
address = {Basingstoke},
publisher = {Nature Publishing Group},
reportid = {PUBDB-2021-03197},
pages = {813 - 818},
year = {2021},
abstract = {The standard model of particle physics encapsulates our
best current understanding of physics at the smallest
scales. A fundamental axiom of this theory is the
universality of the couplings of the different generations
of leptons to the electroweak gauge bosons. The measurement
of the ratio of the decay rate of W bosons to τ leptons
and muons, R(τ/μ), constitutes an important test of this
axiom. Using 139 fb$^{−1}$ of proton–proton collisions
recorded with the ATLAS detector at a centre-of-mass energy
of 13 TeV, we report a measurement of this quantity from
di-leptonic $t\overline{t}$ events where the top quarks
decay into a W boson and a bottom quark. We can
distinguish muons originating from W bosons and those
originating from an intermediate τ lepton through the
muon transverse impact parameter and differences in the muon
transverse momentum spectra. The measured value of R(τ/μ)
is 0.992 ± 0.013 [± 0.007(stat) ± 0.011(syst)] and is in
agreement with the hypothesis of universal lepton couplings
as postulated in the standard model. This is the only such
measurement from the Large Hadron Collider, so far, and
obtains twice the precision of previous measurements.},
keywords = {lepton, coupling (INSPIRE) / decay rate, ratio (INSPIRE) /
W, decay rate (INSPIRE) / ATLAS (INSPIRE) / muon (INSPIRE) /
universality (INSPIRE)},
cin = {$Z_ATLAS$},
ddc = {530},
cid = {$I:(DE-H253)Z_ATLAS-20210408$},
pnm = {621 - Accelerator Research and Development (POF4-621)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-621},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-H253)LHC-Exp-ATLAS-20150101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000669764700003},
doi = {10.1038/s41567-021-01236-w},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/461967},
}