@article{10902/36091, year = {2024}, month = {10}, url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10902/36091}, abstract = {The first search for the Z boson decay to ttmm at the CERN LHC is presented, based on data collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb -1 The data are compatible with the predicted background. For the first time, an upper limit at the 95% confidence level of 6.9 times the standard model expectation is placed on the ratio of the Z --> ttmm to Z --> 4m branching fractions. Limits are also placed on the six flavor-conserving four-lepton effective-field-theory operators involving two muons and two tau leptons, for the first time testing all such operators.}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, publisher = {Physical Review Letters, 2024, 133(16), 161805}, title = {Search for the Z boson decay to ttmm in proton-proton collisions at Vs = 13 TeV}, author = {Hayrapetyan, A. and Bhowmik, Sandeep and Blanco Fernández, Sergio and Brochero Cifuentes, Javier Andrés and Cabrillo Bartolomé, José Ibán and Calderón Tazón, Alicia and Duarte Campderros, Jorge and Fernández García, Marcos and Gómez Gramuglio, Gervasio and Lasaosa García, Clara and López Ruiz, Rubén and Martínez Rivero, Celso and Martínez Ruiz del Árbol, Pablo and Matorras Weinig, Francisco and Matorras Cuevas, Pablo and Navarrete Ramos, Efrén and Piedra Gómez, Jonatan and Scodellaro, Luca and Vila Álvarez, Iván and Vizán García, Jesús Manuel}, }