PLB31166S0370-2693(15)00521-310.1016/j.physletb.2015.07.011CERN for the benefit of the CMS CollaborationExperimentsFig. 1Observed distributions of mZH for the all-leptonic channels along with the corresponding MC expectations for signal and background, as well as background estimation derived from data: (top) τeτe category; (middle) τeτμ category; (bottom) τμτμ category. Ten equal-size histogram bins cover the region from 0 to 2.5 TeV, while a single bin is used at higher mZH because of the limited number of MC and data events. The signal cross section is scaled by a factor of 5.Fig. 2Observed distributions of mZH for the semileptonic channels along with the corresponding MC expectations for signal and background, as well as background estimation derived from data: (top) τeτh category; (bottom) τμτh category. Ten equal-size histogram bins cover the region from 0 to 2.5 TeV, while a single bin is used at higher mZH because of the limited number of MC and data events. The signal cross section is scaled by a factor of 5.Fig. 3Observed distributions of mjetP for the semileptonic channels along with the corresponding MC expectations for signal and background: (top) τeτh category; (bottom) τμτh category. Fits are performed for MC and data (as discussed in the text).Fig. 4Definitions of the A, B, C, and D regions in the mjetP/mττ plane used in the background estimation for the all-hadronic channel.Fig. 5Observed distributions of mZH for the τhτh category along with the corresponding MC expectations for signal and background. Ten equal-size histogram bins cover the region from 0 to 2.5 TeV, while a single bin is used at higher mZH because of the limited number of MC and data events. The signal cross section is scaled by a factor of 5.Fig. 6Expected and observed upper limits on the quantity σ(Z′)B(Z′→ZH) for the six analysis channels combined. Green and yellow bands correspond to ±1 or ±σ variations on the expected upper limit, respectively. (For interpretation of the references to color in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the web version of this article.)Fig. 7Exclusion regions in the plane of the HVT-model coupling constants (gVcH, g2cF/gV) for two resonance masses, 1.0 and 1.5 TeV. The point B of the benchmark model used in the analysis, corresponding to gV=3 and cF=−cH=1, is also shown. The boundaries of the regions of the plane excluded by this search are indicated by the dashed and dotted lines, and associated hatching. The areas indicated by the solid line and solid shading correspond to regions where the theoretical width is larger than the experimental resolution of the present search and thus the narrow-resonance assumption is not satisfied.Table 1Summary of the optimized event selection for the six ττ channels. The selection variables are explained in the text. The label ℓ refers to electrons, muons, and τ leptons decaying hadronically.Selectionτeτe, τeτμ, τμτμτeτh, τμτhτhτh|p→Tmiss|>100 GeV>50 GeV>80 GeVpT,ℓleading—>35 GeV>50 GeVNb-tagged jet=0=0–ΔRℓℓ<1.0<1.0<1.0mττ––105–180 GeVTable 2Summary of the signal efficiencies, number of expected background events, and number of observed events for the six ττ channels. Only statistical uncertainties are included. For the all-leptonic and semileptonic channels, numbers of expected background events and observed events are evaluated for each mass point in mZH intervals corresponding to ±2.5 times the expected resolution. For the all-hadronic channel we consider the number of expected background, signal, and observed events for mZH>800 GeV. When the expected background is zero, the 68% confidence level upper limit is listed.Mass (TeV)τeτeτeτμτμτμτeτhτμτhτhτhB(ττ)3.2%6.2%3.0%23.1%22.6%41.9%εsig(%)0.82.8 ± 0.73.4 ± 0.54.2 ± 0.73.3 ± 0.34.4 ± 0.32.2 ± 0.20.911 ± 116 ± 120 ± 214.3 ± 0.518.7 ± 0.611.5 ± 0.41.017 ± 224 ± 138 ± 221.2 ± 0.629.3 ± 0.718.0 ± 0.51.226 ± 230 ± 139 ± 228.3 ± 0.735.8 ± 0.723.0 ± 0.51.530 ± 242 ± 253 ± 229.2 ± 0.838.1 ± 0.929.1 ± 0.72.028 ± 239 ± 256 ± 331.1 ± 0.839.2 ± 0.931.9 ± 0.72.527 ± 237 ± 242 ± 226.8 ± 0.837.0 ± 0.830.1 ± 0.7Nbkg0.80.3 ± 0.51.1 ± 0.81.6 ± 1.26.1 ± 2.06.7 ± 2.16.1−2.5+3.20.90.5 ± 0.41.7 ± 1.23.8 ± 2.19.8 ± 3.29.2 ± 2.91.01.4 ± 1.41.7 ± 1.02.0 ± 0.99.5 ± 3.57.6 ± 2.21.21.2 ± 1.21.2 ± 0.81.4 ± 0.65.0 ± 2.06.6 ± 2.31.50.4 ± 0.40.07 ± 0.040.9 ± 0.44.3 ± 1.82.6 ± 0.92.0<0.5<0.40.7 ± 0.40.1 ± 0.1<0.42.5<2.1<0.30.3 ± 0.10.18 ± 0.05<0.5Nobs0.811231080.92234131.02252131.20135121.5001252.0010002.500000Search for narrow high-mass resonances in proton–proton collisions at s=8 TeV decaying to 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PerugiaPerugiaItalyK.Androsova25P.AzzurriaG.BagliesiaJ.BernardiniaT.BoccaliaG.BroccoloacR.CastaldiaM.A.Cioccia25R.Dell'OrsoaS.Donatoac2G.FediabF.FioriacL.FoàacA.GiassiaM.T.Grippoa25F.LigabueacT.LomtadzeaL.MartiniabA.MessineoabC.S.Moona26F.Pallaa2A.RizziabA.Savoy-Navarroa27A.T.SerbanaP.SpagnoloaP.Squillaciotia25R.TenchiniaG.TonelliabA.VenturiaP.G.VerdiniaC.VernieriacaINFN Sezione di Pisa, Pisa, ItalyINFN Sezione di PisaPisaItalybUniversità di Pisa, Pisa, ItalyUniversità di PisaPisaItalycScuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Pisa, ItalyScuola Normale Superiore di PisaPisaItaly25Also at Università degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy.26Also at Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) – IN2P3, Paris, France.27Also at Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA.L.BaroneabF.CavallariaG.D'imperioabD.Del ReabM.DiemozaC.JordaaE.LongoabF.MargaroliabP.MeridianiaF.Micheliab2G.OrgantiniabR.ParamattiaS.RahatlouabC.RovelliaF.SantanastasioabL.SoffiabP.Traczykab2aINFN Sezione di Roma, Roma, ItalyINFN 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Republic of KoreaKangwon National UniversityChunchonRepublic of KoreaD.H.KimG.N.KimM.S.KimD.J.KongS.LeeY.D.OhH.ParkA.SakharovD.C.SonKyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of KoreaKyungpook National UniversityDaeguRepublic of KoreaT.J.KimM.S.RyuChonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of KoreaChonbuk National UniversityJeonjuRepublic of KoreaJ.Y.KimD.H.MoonS.SongChonnam National University, Institute for Universe and Elementary Particles, Kwangju, Republic of KoreaChonnam National UniversityInstitute for Universe and Elementary ParticlesKwangjuRepublic of KoreaS.ChoiD.GyunB.HongM.JoH.KimY.KimB.LeeK.S.LeeS.K.ParkY.RohKorea University, Seoul, Republic of KoreaKorea UniversitySeoulRepublic of KoreaH.D.YooSeoul National University, Seoul, Republic of KoreaSeoul National UniversitySeoulRepublic of KoreaM.ChoiJ.H.KimI.C.ParkG.RyuUniversity of Seoul, Seoul, Republic of KoreaUniversity of SeoulSeoulRepublic of KoreaY.ChoiY.K.ChoiJ.GohD.KimE.KwonJ.LeeI.YuSungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of KoreaSungkyunkwan UniversitySuwonRepublic of KoreaA.JuodagalvisVilnius University, Vilnius, LithuaniaVilnius UniversityVilniusLithuaniaJ.R.KomaragiriM.A.B.Md Ali28W.A.T.Wan AbdullahNational Centre for Particle Physics, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaNational Centre for Particle PhysicsUniversiti MalayaKuala LumpurMalaysia28Also at International Islamic University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.E.Casimiro LinaresH.Castilla-ValdezE.De La Cruz-BureloI.Heredia-de La CruzA.Hernandez-AlmadaR.Lopez-FernandezA.Sanchez-HernandezCentro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Mexico City, MexicoCentro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del IPNMexico CityMexicoS.Carrillo MorenoF.Vazquez ValenciaUniversidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, MexicoUniversidad IberoamericanaMexico CityMexicoI.PedrazaH.A.Salazar IbarguenBenemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Puebla, MexicoBenemerita Universidad Autonoma de PueblaPueblaMexicoA.Morelos PinedaUniversidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, MexicoUniversidad Autónoma de San Luis PotosíSan Luis PotosíMexicoD.KrofcheckUniversity of Auckland, Auckland, New ZealandUniversity of AucklandAucklandNew ZealandP.H.ButlerS.ReucroftUniversity of Canterbury, Christchurch, New ZealandUniversity of CanterburyChristchurchNew ZealandA.AhmadM.AhmadQ.HassanH.R.HooraniW.A.KhanT.KhurshidM.ShoaibNational Centre for Physics, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, PakistanNational Centre for PhysicsQuaid-I-Azam UniversityIslamabadPakistanH.BialkowskaM.BlujB.BoimskaT.FrueboesM.GórskiM.KazanaK.NawrockiK.Romanowska-RybinskaM.SzleperP.ZalewskiNational Centre for Nuclear Research, Swierk, PolandNational Centre for Nuclear ResearchSwierkPolandG.BronaK.BunkowskiM.CwiokW.DominikK.DorobaA.KalinowskiM.KoneckiJ.KrolikowskiM.MisiuraM.OlszewskiInstitute of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, PolandInstitute of Experimental PhysicsFaculty of PhysicsUniversity of WarsawWarsawPolandP.BargassaC.Beirão Da Cruz E SilvaP.FaccioliP.G.Ferreira ParrachoM.GallinaroL.Lloret IglesiasF.NguyenJ.Rodrigues AntunesJ.SeixasJ.VarelaP.VischiaLaboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas, Lisboa, PortugalLaboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de PartículasLisboaPortugalI.GolutvinI.GorbunovA.KamenevV.KarjavinV.KonoplyanikovG.KozlovA.LanevA.MalakhovV.Matveev29P.MoisenzV.PalichikV.PerelyginM.SavinaS.ShmatovS.ShulhaN.SkatchkovV.SmirnovA.ZarubinJoint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, RussiaJoint Institute for Nuclear ResearchDubnaRussia29Also at Institute for Nuclear Research, Moscow, Russia.V.GolovtsovY.IvanovV.Kim30E.KuznetsovaP.LevchenkoV.MurzinV.OreshkinI.SmirnovV.SulimovL.UvarovS.VavilovA.VorobyevAn.VorobyevPetersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina (St. Petersburg), RussiaPetersburg Nuclear Physics InstituteGatchina (St. Petersburg)Russia30Also at St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, St. Petersburg, Russia.Yu.AndreevA.DermenevS.GninenkoN.GolubevM.KirsanovN.KrasnikovA.PashenkovD.TlisovA.ToropinInstitute for Nuclear Research, Moscow, RussiaInstitute for Nuclear ResearchMoscowRussiaV.EpshteynV.GavrilovN.LychkovskayaV.PopovI.PozdnyakovG.SafronovS.SemenovA.SpiridonovV.StolinE.VlasovA.ZhokinInstitute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, RussiaInstitute for Theoretical and Experimental PhysicsMoscowRussiaV.AndreevM.Azarkin31I.Dremin31M.KirakosyanA.Leonidov31G.MesyatsS.V.RusakovA.VinogradovP.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, RussiaP.N. Lebedev Physical InstituteMoscowRussia31Also at National Research Nuclear University ‘Moscow Engineering Physics Institute’ (MEPhI), Moscow, Russia.A.BelyaevE.BoosM.Dubinin32L.DudkoA.ErshovA.GribushinV.KlyukhinO.KodolovaI.LokhtinS.ObraztsovS.PetrushankoV.SavrinA.SnigirevSkobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, RussiaSkobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear PhysicsLomonosov Moscow State UniversityMoscowRussia32Also at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA.I.AzhgireyI.BayshevS.BitioukovV.KachanovA.KalininD.KonstantinovV.KrychkineV.PetrovR.RyutinA.SobolL.TourtchanovitchS.TroshinN.TyurinA.UzunianA.VolkovState Research Center of Russian Federation, Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino, RussiaState Research Center of Russian FederationInstitute for High Energy PhysicsProtvinoRussiaP.Adzic33M.EkmedzicJ.MilosevicV.RekovicUniversity of Belgrade, Faculty of Physics and Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade, SerbiaUniversity of BelgradeFaculty of PhysicsVinca Institute of Nuclear SciencesBelgradeSerbia33Also at Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.J.Alcaraz MaestreC.BattilanaE.CalvoM.CerradaM.Chamizo LlatasN.ColinoB.De La CruzA.Delgado PerisD.Domínguez VázquezA.Escalante Del ValleC.Fernandez BedoyaJ.P.Fernández RamosJ.FlixM.C.FouzP.Garcia-AbiaO.Gonzalez LopezS.Goy LopezJ.M.HernandezM.I.JosaE.Navarro De MartinoA.Pérez-Calero YzquierdoJ.Puerta PelayoA.Quintario OlmedaI.RedondoL.RomeroM.S.SoaresCentro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), Madrid, SpainCentro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT)MadridSpainC.AlbajarJ.F.de TrocónizM.MissiroliD.MoranUniversidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, SpainUniversidad Autónoma de MadridMadridSpainH.BrunJ.CuevasJ.Fernandez MenendezS.FolguerasI.Gonzalez CaballeroUniversidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, SpainUniversidad de OviedoOviedoSpainJ.A.Brochero CifuentesI.J.CabrilloA.CalderonJ.Duarte CampderrosM.FernandezG.GomezA.GrazianoA.Lopez VirtoJ.MarcoR.MarcoC.Martinez RiveroF.MatorrasF.J.Munoz SanchezJ.Piedra GomezT.RodrigoA.Y.Rodríguez-MarreroA.Ruiz-JimenoL.ScodellaroI.VilaR.Vilar CortabitarteInstituto de Física de Cantabria (IFCA), CSIC – Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, SpainInstituto de Física de Cantabria (IFCA)CSICUniversidad de CantabriaSantanderSpainD.AbbaneoE.AuffrayG.AuzingerM.BachtisP.BaillonA.H.BallD.BarneyA.BenagliaJ.BendavidL.BenhabibJ.F.BenitezP.BlochA.BocciA.BonatoO.BonduC.BottaH.BreukerT.CamporesiG.CerminaraS.Colafranceschi34M.D'AlfonsoD.d'EnterriaA.DabrowskiA.DavidF.De GuioA.De RoeckS.De VisscherE.Di MarcoM.DobsonM.DordevicB.DorneyN.Dupont-SagorinA.Elliott-PeisertG.FranzoniW.FunkD.GigiK.GillD.GiordanoM.GironeF.GlegeR.GuidaS.GundackerM.GuthoffJ.HammerM.HansenP.HarrisJ.HegemanV.InnocenteP.JanotK.KousourisK.KrajczarP.LecoqC.LourençoN.MaginiL.MalgeriM.MannelliJ.MarroucheL.MasettiF.MeijersS.MersiE.MeschiF.MoortgatS.MorovicM.MuldersS.OrfanelliL.OrsiniL.PapeE.PerezA.PetrilliG.PetruccianiA.PfeifferM.PimiäD.PiparoM.PlaggeA.RaczG.Rolandi35M.RovereH.SakulinC.SchäferC.SchwickA.SharmaP.SiegristP.SilvaM.SimonP.Sphicas36D.SpigaJ.SteggemannB.StiegerM.StoyeY.TakahashiD.TreilleA.TsirouG.I.Veres17N.WardleH.K.WöhriH.WollnyW.D.ZeunerCERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva, SwitzerlandCERNEuropean Organization for Nuclear ResearchGenevaSwitzerland34Also at Facoltà Ingegneria, Università di Roma, Roma, Italy.35Also at Scuola Normale e Sezione dell'INFN, Pisa, Italy.36Also at University of Athens, Athens, Greece.W.BertlK.DeitersW.ErdmannR.HorisbergerQ.IngramH.C.KaestliD.KotlinskiU.LangeneggerD.RenkerT.RohePaul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, SwitzerlandPaul Scherrer InstitutVilligenSwitzerlandF.BachmairL.BäniL.BianchiniM.A.BuchmannB.CasalN.ChanonG.DissertoriM.DittmarM.DonegàM.DünserP.EllerC.GrabD.HitsJ.HossG.KasieczkaW.LustermannB.ManganoA.C.MariniM.MarionneauP.Martinez Ruiz del ArbolM.MasciovecchioD.MeisterN.MohrP.MusellaC.Nägeli37F.Nessi-TedaldiF.PandolfiF.PaussL.PerrozziM.PeruzziM.QuittnatL.RebaneM.RossiniA.Starodumov38M.TakahashiK.TheofilatosR.WallnyH.A.WeberInstitute for Particle Physics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, SwitzerlandInstitute for Particle PhysicsETH ZurichZurichSwitzerland37Also at Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland.38Also at Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, Russia.C.Amsler39M.F.CanelliV.ChiochiaA.De CosaC.GalloniA.HinzmannT.HreusB.KilminsterC.LangeJ.NgadiubaD.PinnaP.RobmannF.J.RongaS.TaroniY.YangUniversität Zürich, Zurich, SwitzerlandUniversität ZürichZurichSwitzerland39Also at Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Bern, Switzerland.M.CardaciK.H.ChenC.FerroC.M.KuoW.LinY.J.LuR.VolpeS.S.YuNational Central University, Chung-Li, TaiwanNational Central UniversityChung-LiTaiwanP.ChangY.H.ChangY.ChaoK.F.ChenP.H.ChenC.DietzU.GrundlerW.-S.HouY.F.LiuR.-S.LuM.Miñano MoyaE.PetrakouJ.F.TsaiY.M.TzengR.WilkenNational Taiwan University (NTU), Taipei, TaiwanNational Taiwan University (NTU)TaipeiTaiwanB.AsavapibhopG.SinghN.SrimanobhasN.SuwonjandeeChulalongkorn University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics, Bangkok, ThailandChulalongkorn UniversityFaculty of Science, Department of PhysicsBangkokThailandA.AdiguzelM.N.Bakirci40S.Cerci41C.DozenI.DumanogluE.EskutS.GirgisG.GokbulutY.GulerE.GurpinarI.HosE.E.Kangal42A.Kayis TopaksuG.Onengut43K.Ozdemir44S.Ozturk40A.PolatozD.Sunar Cerci41B.Tali41H.Topakli40M.VergiliC.ZorbilmezCukurova University, Adana, TurkeyCukurova UniversityAdanaTurkey40Also at Gaziosmanpasa University, Tokat, Turkey.41Also at Adiyaman University, Adiyaman, Turkey.42Also at Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey.43Also at Cag University, Mersin, Turkey.44Also at Piri Reis University, Istanbul, Turkey.I.V.AkinB.BilinS.BilmisH.Gamsizkan45B.Isildak46G.Karapinar47K.Ocalan48S.SekmenU.E.SuratM.YalvacM.ZeyrekMiddle East Technical University, Physics Department, Ankara, TurkeyMiddle East Technical UniversityPhysics DepartmentAnkaraTurkey45Also at Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey.46Also at Ozyegin University, Istanbul, Turkey.47Also at Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkey.48Also at Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey.E.A.Albayrak49E.GülmezM.Kaya50O.Kaya51T.Yetkin52Bogazici University, Istanbul, TurkeyBogazici UniversityIstanbulTurkey49Also at Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey.50Also at Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey.51Also at Kafkas University, Kars, Turkey.52Also at Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey.K.CankocakF.I.VardarlıIstanbul Technical University, Istanbul, TurkeyIstanbul Technical UniversityIstanbulTurkeyL.LevchukP.SorokinNational Scientific Center, Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology, Kharkov, UkraineNational Scientific CenterKharkov Institute of Physics and TechnologyKharkovUkraineJ.J.BrookeE.ClementD.CussansH.FlacherJ.GoldsteinM.GrimesG.P.HeathH.F.HeathJ.JacobL.KreczkoC.LucasZ.MengD.M.Newbold53S.ParamesvaranA.PollT.SakumaS.Seif El Nasr-storeyS.SenkinV.J.SmithUniversity of Bristol, Bristol, United KingdomUniversity of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom53Also at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, United Kingdom.K.W.BellA.Belyaev54C.BrewR.M.BrownD.J.A.CockerillJ.A.CoughlanK.HarderS.HarperE.OlaiyaD.PetytC.H.Shepherd-ThemistocleousA.TheaI.R.TomalinT.WilliamsW.J.WomersleyS.D.WormRutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, United KingdomRutherford Appleton LaboratoryDidcotUnited Kingdom54Also at School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom.M.BaberR.BainbridgeO.BuchmullerD.BurtonD.CollingN.CrippsP.DaunceyG.DaviesM.Della NegraP.DunneA.ElwoodW.FergusonJ.FulcherD.FutyanG.HallG.IlesM.JarvisG.KarapostoliM.KenzieR.LaneR.Lucas53L.LyonsA.-M.MagnanS.MalikB.MathiasJ.NashA.Nikitenko38J.PelaM.PesaresiK.PetridisD.M.RaymondS.RogersonA.RoseC.SeezP.Sharp†A.TapperM.Vazquez AcostaT.VirdeeS.C.ZenzImperial College, London, United KingdomImperial CollegeLondonUnited Kingdom†Deceased.J.E.ColeP.R.HobsonA.KhanP.KyberdD.LeggatD.LeslieI.D.ReidP.SymondsL.TeodorescuM.TurnerBrunel University, Uxbridge, United KingdomBrunel UniversityUxbridgeUnited KingdomJ.DittmannK.HatakeyamaA.KasmiH.LiuN.PastikaT.ScarboroughZ.WuBaylor University, Waco, USABaylor UniversityWacoUSAO.CharafS.I.CooperC.HendersonP.RumerioThe University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USAThe University of AlabamaTuscaloosaUSAA.AvetisyanT.BoseC.FantasiaP.LawsonC.RichardsonJ.RohlfJ.St. JohnL.SulakBoston University, Boston, USABoston 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DoserAbstractA search for a narrow, high-mass resonance decaying into Z and Higgs (H) bosons is presented. The final state studied consists of a merged jet pair and a τ pair resulting from the decays of Z and H bosons, respectively. The analysis is based on a data sample of proton–proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV, collected with the CMS experiment in 2012, and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb−1. In the resonance mass range of interest, which extends from 0.8 to 2.5 TeV, the Z and H bosons are produced with large momenta, which implies that the final products of the two quarks or the two τ leptons must be detected within a small angular interval. From a combination of all possible decay modes of the τ leptons, production cross sections in a range between 0.9 and 27.8 fb are excluded at 95% confidence level, depending on the resonance mass.KeywordsCMSPhysicsResonance productionJetsTau leptonsBoosted topology1IntroductionVery recently, the validity of the standard model (SM) of particle physics has been confirmed by the discovery of a Higgs boson with mass near 125 GeV by the ATLAS and CMS experiments [1,2]. Though the SM successfully describes a broad range of high energy phenomena, the solution to remaining problems with the structure of the SM, particularly the hierarchy problem, leads naturally to the introduction of physics beyond the standard model (BSM), possibly at the TeV scale [3–8]. Many of the BSM models predict the existence of heavy resonances with masses of the order of a TeV, which may have sizable couplings to the gauge and Higgs boson fields of the SM [9–12]. We consider here one important family among these models, which incorporate composite Higgs bosons [11,12]. In these models, the Higgs boson is a pseudo-Nambu–Goldstone boson of a broken global symmetry. Other composite bound states beyond the Higgs boson are expected to exist and could be experimentally observed.Several searches for massive resonances decaying into pairs of vector bosons or Higgs bosons have been performed by the ATLAS and CMS experiments [13–24]. In this analysis, we search for a resonance with a mass in the range 0.8–2.5 TeV decaying to ZH, where the Z boson decays to qq‾ and the Higgs boson decays to τ+τ−. It is assumed that the natural width of the resonance is negligible in comparison to the experimental mass resolution, which is between 6% and 10% of the mass of the resonance, depending on the mass. There is also a small variation with the type of decay channel because of the dependence of the resolution on the number of neutrinos in the final state. In the model considered, the spin of the resonance is assumed to be one. However, it has been verified that the analysis is insensitive to the angular distributions of the decay products and therefore applies to other spin hypotheses.The theoretical model used as benchmark in this work is described in Ref. [25]. In this model a heavy SU(2)L vector triplet (HVT) containing neutral (Z′) and charged (W′,±) spin-1 states is introduced. This scenario is well-motivated in cases where the new physics sector is either weakly coupled [26], or strongly coupled, e.g., in the minimal composite model [27]. The cross sections and branching fractions (B) for the heavy triplet model depend on the new physics scenario under study and can be characterized by three parameters in the phenomenological Lagrangian: the strength of the couplings to fermions cF, to the Higgs cH, and the self-coupling gV. In the case of a strongly coupled sector, the new heavy resonance has larger couplings to the W, Z, and H bosons, resulting in larger branching fractions for the diboson final states. Our benchmark model characterizes this scenario by choosing the parameters gV=3 and cF=−cH=1, which configure a strongly coupled sector.In the high-mass case under study, the directions of the particles stemming from Z and H boson decays are separated by a small angle. This feature is referred to as the “boosted” regime. For the case of Z→qq‾, this results in the presence of one single reconstructed jet after hadronization called a “Z-jet”. The novel feature of this analysis is the reconstruction and selection of a τ pair in the boosted regime. The presence of missing energy in τ decays does not allow a direct determination of the invariant mass.In the following, we label τ decays in a simplified way: τ±→e±νν‾ as “τe”, τ±→μ±νν‾ as “τμ”, and τ±→(nπ)(mK)ν as “τh”, where n and m can be 0, 1, 2, or 3, and the pions and kaons can be either charged or neutral. Six channels, depending on the combinations of τ decays, are studied separately and labeled as all-leptonic (τeτe,τeτμ,τμτμ), semileptonic (τeτh, τμτh), and all-hadronic (τhτh).The experimental strategy is to reconstruct and identify the two bosons and to combine their information into a variable that can discriminate between signal and background and on which a statistical study can be performed. This variable is the estimated mass of the Z′ after applying dedicated reconstruction techniques to the boosted qq‾ and ττ pairs (mZH). The mZH distribution would show an excess of events at the assumed Z′ mass if a signal were present.2CMS detectorA detailed description of the CMS detector, together with a definition of the coordinate system used and the relevant kinematic variables, can be found in Ref. [28]. The central feature of the CMS detector is a 3.8 T superconducting solenoid of 6 m internal diameter. Within the field volume are the silicon tracker, the crystal electromagnetic calorimeter (ECAL), and the brass and scintillator hadron calorimeter (HCAL). The muon detectors are located outside the solenoid and are installed between the layers of the steel flux-return yoke of the solenoid. In addition, CMS has extensive forward calorimetry, in particular two steel and quartz-fiber hadron forward calorimeters.3Data sample and simulationThe analysis is based on a data sample collected by the CMS experiment in proton–proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV in 2012, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb−1. Events are selected online by a trigger that requires the presence of at least one of the following: either a hadronic jet reconstructed by the anti-kT algorithm [29] with a distance parameter of 0.5, transverse momentum pT larger than 320 GeV, and |η|<5.0; or a total hadronic transverse energy, HT, defined as the scalar sum of the transverse energy of all the jets of the event, larger than 650 GeV. The transverse energy of a jet is defined as the reconstructed energy multiplied by the sine of the polar angle of the jet axis. Using events selected by less restrictive, pre-scaled triggers, it has been verified that the efficiency of this trigger after applying the offline event selection is above 99%. The difference from 100% is considered as a systematic uncertainty.The process qq‾→Z′→ZH→qq‾τ+τ− is simulated at parton level using a MadGraph5 1.5.11 [30] implementation of the model described in Ref. [31]. Seven signal samples are generated with masses between 0.8 and 2.5 TeV. For this mass interval, the Z′ production cross section times branching fraction to ZH ranges from 179.9 fb (mZ′=0.8 TeV) to 0.339 fb (mZ′=2.5 TeV). Although the main sources of background are estimated using observed events, Monte Carlo (MC) simulations are used to develop and validate the methods used in the analysis. Background samples are generated using MadGraph5 1.3.30 (Z/γ+jets and W + jets with leptonic decays), powheg 1.0 r1380 (tt‾ and single top quark production) [32–35], and pythia 6.426 [36] (SM diboson production and QCD multijet events with large HT). Showering and hadronization are performed with pythia and τ decays are simulated using tauola 1.1.5 [37] for all simulated samples. Geant4 [38] is used for the simulation of the CMS detector.4Event reconstructionA particle-flow (PF) algorithm [39,40] is used to identify and to reconstruct candidate charged hadrons, neutral hadrons, photons, muons, and electrons produced in proton–proton collisions. Jets and τh candidates are then reconstructed using the PF candidates. The jet energy scale is calibrated through correction factors that depend on the pT and η of the jet. These factors were computed using a data set of proton–proton collisions at s=8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb−1, following the method described in [41]. All particles reconstructed with the PF algorithm are used to determine the missing transverse momentum, p→Tmiss. In first approximation, p→Tmiss is defined as the negative vector sum of transverse momenta of all reconstructed particles [42].Jets are reconstructed using the Cambridge–Aachen (CA) algorithm [43], with a distance parameter of 0.8, chosen so that it contains the hadronization products of the two quarks from the Z boson. Jet pruning and subjet-searching algorithms are applied to these jets as in Ref. [17]. In these algorithms the original jets are re-clustered by removing pileup and underlying-event particles at low-pT and large angle. The term pileup refers to additional interactions occurring in the same LHC bunch crossing. We define mjetP as the invariant mass of the jet constituents after the pruning procedure. This invariant mass provides good discrimination between Z-jets and quark/gluon-jets since it tends to be shifted towards the energy scale at which the jet was produced. We also define a quantity called “N-subjettiness”, τN, that is sensitive to the different jet substructure characteristics of quark/gluon and Z-jets, as [44]:(1)τN=1d0∑kpT,kmin⁡(ΔR1,k,ΔR2,k,…,ΔRN,k), where N is the number of subjets in which the original jet can be reclustered with the kT algorithm [45,46]; the index k runs over the PF constituents of the jet; pT,k is the transverse momentum of the kth constituent; ΔRn,k is a distance defined as (Δηn,k)2+(Δϕn,k)2 where Δηn,k and Δϕn,k are the differences in pseudorapidity and azimuthal angle between the kth constituent and the nth subjet axis; and d0=∑kpT,kR0 is a normalization factor with R0 equal to the original jet distance parameter. The variable τN quantifies the tendency of a jet to be composed of N subjets, having smaller values for jets with a N-subjets-like configuration. We define τ21 as the ratio between the 2-subjettiness and the 1-subjettiness, τ21=τ2/τ1. The variables mjetP and τ21 have been shown to have a good discrimination power between signal and background [47], therefore in the following they are used to define signal and background enriched regions of the analysis.In order to match trigger requirements and avoid inefficiencies close to the threshold, at least one jet in the event is required to have pT>400 GeV and |η|<2.4. In addition, this jet is required to pass minimal consistency requirements on the fraction of charged and neutral particles contributing to it, to avoid fake jets from isolated noise patterns in the calorimeters or the tracker systems. While the CA jet selection is common to all the channels considered, the reconstruction of the ττ system is performed differently depending on the τ decay channel.The all-leptonic channels are identified by combinations of electrons, muons, and p→Tmiss, which are products of the decay of a pair of τ leptons from the Higgs boson. Electrons are reconstructed by combining the information from an ECAL energy cluster with that of a matching track in the silicon tracker [48]. Electrons are selected if they have pT>10 GeV, |η|<2.5, and satisfy requirements on the ECAL shower shape, the ratio of energies measured in HCAL and ECAL around the electron candidate, the compatibility with the primary vertex of the event [49], and the track-cluster matching parameters. Muon candidates [50] are reconstructed by performing a global track fit in which the silicon tracker and the muon system information is combined. For the τμτμ channel, to avoid identification inefficiencies caused by the small angular separation of the two muon trajectories, the second muon candidate is reconstructed with a different algorithm in which tracks in the silicon tracker are matched in space to signals in the muon detectors [17]. Muons are required to have pT>10 GeV, |η|<2.4 and to pass additional requirements on the quality of the track reconstruction, on the impact parameter of the track, and on the number of measurements in the tracker and the muon systems. Electron and muon candidates are required to satisfy particle-flow based isolation criteria that require low activity in a cone around the lepton, the isolation cone, after the removal of particles due to additional interactions. Because the lepton from the other signal τ decay in the boosted pair can fall in the isolation cone, other electrons and muons are not considered in the computation of the isolation criteria.In the semileptonic channels, a lepton selected with all the criteria above is combined with a τh candidate. The reconstruction of τh starts from the clustering of jets using the anti-kT algorithm with a distance parameter of 0.5. Electrons and muons, identified by looser criteria than the nominal ones used in the analysis, are removed from the list of particles used in the clustering if they fall within the jet distance parameter. The τh is reconstructed and identified using the “hadron-plus-strips” technique [51], which searches for the most common decay modes of the τh starting from charged hadrons and photons forming π0 candidates. We select τh candidates with pT>20 GeV and |η|<2.3. Electrons and muons misidentified as τh are suppressed using dedicated criteria based on the consistency between the measurements in the tracker, the calorimeters, and the muon detectors. Finally, loose PF-based isolation criteria are applied to the τh candidates, not counting electrons and muons in the cone.In the all-hadronic ττ channel, a subjet-searching technique [52] is applied to all CA-jets (distance parameter R=0.8) in each event to identify the τh candidates. At the next-to-last step of the clustering algorithm, there are two subjets, which are ordered by mass. If both have pT>10 GeV and the mass of the leading subjet is smaller than 2/3 of the mass of the original merged jet, the two objects are used as seeding jets for τ lepton reconstruction via the “hadron-plus-strips” technique. If any of the criteria above fail, the procedure for one of the subjets is performed again for a maximum of four iterations. The efficiency for finding subjets with this method in signal events is 92%, independent of pT, for τh with pT>40 GeV. In the lowest bin investigated (pT between 20 and 40 GeV) the efficiency is around 80%.The visible mass, mvis, of the ττ system is defined as the invariant mass of all detectable products of the two decays. Because the unobserved neutrinos can carry a significant fraction of the ττ energy/momenta, this variable is not suited for reconstructing resonances that include the ττ system among its decay products. Instead, the Secondary Vertex fit (SVFIT) algorithm described in [53], which combines the p→Tmiss with the visible momenta to calculate a more precise estimator of the kinematics of the parent boson, is used to reconstruct the ττ system in all search channels.5Background compositionThe composition of the background remaining after reconstruction is different for each of the search channels.In the τeτe, τeτμ, and τμτμ channels, the background is almost entirely composed of Z/γ+jets events with genuine τ or other lepton decays. In the τeτh and τμτh channels, additional significant contributions to the total background come from W + jets and tt‾ events with leptonic W-boson decays, and a hadronic jet misidentified as τh. Among tt‾ events, those with one W boson decaying leptonically and one decaying to quarks can potentially produce a signal-like structure in mjetP and τ21. We refer to this as the “tt‾ peaking contribution” in the following.The background in the τhτh channel is dominated by QCD multijets production. There is a small but non-negligible contribution from Z + jets, W + jets, and tt‾ production. For all these processes, it is possible that genuine τh or at least one extra jet or lepton misidentified as τh allow the event to pass the selection.In all channels there is a very small, irreducible component of genuine SM dibosons, which are not distinguishable from signal, except for the non-peaking structure in mZH.6Event selectionIn all channels, the boosted Z boson decaying to qq‾ is identified by requiring the selection: 70<mjetP<110 GeV and τ21<0.75. This region is referred to as the “signal region”.In the all-leptonic and semileptonic channels, the ττ four-momentum estimated from SVFIT is combined with that of the CA-jet to obtain the resonance mass mZH. Several preselection requirements are applied to remove backgrounds from low-mass resonances and from overlaps of lepton and τ lepton reconstruction in the detector: mvis>10 GeV, ΔRℓℓ>0.1 (where ΔR=(Δη)2+(Δϕ)2 and ℓ denotes electrons, muons, or hadronically decaying taus), |p→Tmiss|>20 GeV, and pT,ττ>100 GeV, as estimated from the SVFIT procedure.Since the background in the all-hadronic channel is initially dominated by QCD multijet events, a different preselection is applied for the all-hadronic channel. Only events that have not been included in the all-leptonic or semileptonic categories are considered in this category. The event is then separated into two hemispheres containing the decay products of the two bosons by requiring the following preselection: |p→Tmiss|>40 GeV, |Δϕ(CA-jet,τh)|>2.0 and |Δϕ(p→Tmiss,τh)|<1.5, for each of the two τh candidates.Further criteria investigated for signal selection in all channels include tighter requirements on variables like the pT of the highest-pT (leading) lepton or τh and mττ as estimated from the SVFIT procedure. An upper limit is placed on ΔRℓℓ in order to reject W + jets events, where a jet misidentified as a τ lepton is usually well-separated in space from the isolated lepton. The number of b jets in the event also provides a useful criterion to reduce the tt‾ contribution. Jets may be identified as b jets, using the combined secondary vertex algorithm [54] which exploits observables related to the long lifetime of b hadrons, and are considered if not overlapping with τ candidates and CA-jets. Those b jets are clustered with the anti-kT jet algorithm, with a distance parameter R=0.5. Optimization of the selection on these variables is based on the Punzi factor of merit (P) [55], defined as: P=εsig/(1+B), where εsig is the signal efficiency and B is the background yield after applying the selection. The results of the optimization are listed in Table 1. It has been verified that these results are not sensitive to the choice of mZH window used to evaluate εsig and B. In Table 2 we show the efficiency of the selection in signal events for all search channels.7Background estimationBecause of the non-uniformity of the background composition, different estimation techniques are used in each channel.In the τeτe, τeτμ, and τμτμ channels the main background source lacks events with a genuine massive boson decaying to quarks, therefore a technique based on sidebands of the mjetP and τ21 variables is used for background estimation. In an enlarged search region defined by mjetP>20 GeV, we define the “sideband region”, inverting the selections on mjetP and τ21, therefore including both mjetP regions outside the signal range and regions with τ21>0.75.The total background is estimated in intervals of mZH, using the formula:(2)Nbkg(x)=NNsb(x)α(x), where x=mZH, N is a normalization factor, Nsb(x) is the number of events observed in the sideband region, in bins of mZH, and α(x) is a binned ratio between the shapes of the mZH distributions in the signal and sideband region, taken from the sum of MC components. The normalization factor is found through a fit of the observed pruned jet mass distribution, following the procedure used in Ref. [17]. The pruned jet mass distribution in the region 20<mjetP<200 GeV, τ21<0.75 is fit in MC samples with the following function:(3)F(x)=Neax(1+erf[(x−b)/c]), where “erf” is the error function and the parameters a, b and c are estimated from the MC simulation. A fit to the observed distribution, excluding the signal region, is then used to determine N. Fig. 1 shows the observed distributions of mZH in all-leptonic channels, along with the corresponding MC expectations for signal and background, as well as the background estimation derived with the above procedure.In the semileptonic channels, a control sample defined by the preselection described before, but requiring at least one b-tagged jet, is selected. It has been established with simulation that more than 95% of this sample is composed of tt‾ events. Two scale factors (SFs) relating the ratio of the observed to simulated event rates, one for the tt‾ peaking contribution and the other for the tt‾ combinatorial background, are estimated from this control sample. The pruned jet mass distribution is fit with the sum of two functions:(4)Ftt‾(x)=N(non-peaking)eAx(1+erf[(x−B)/C])+N(peaking)G(D,E) where A, B, and C define the shape of the non-peaking component, analogous to Eq. (3), and G(D,E) is a Gaussian function of mean D and standard deviation E. The values of these two parameters are fixed to those found in the analysis searching for vector boson pair resonances [17] because we are using the same Z-jet reconstruction. From this fit, the two scale factors between data and MC are found, one for each contribution: r1SF=N(peaking)data/ N(peaking)MC and r2SF=N(non-peaking)data/N(non-peaking)MC. The same procedure as for the all-leptonic channels is then applied, fitting the observed sideband distribution but using a modified function, given by the sum of the tt‾ contribution and the function of Eq. (3), where the tt‾ normalization is fixed at the MC expectation, scaled by the two SFs. Fig. 2 shows the distributions of mZH in semileptonic channels, along with the corresponding MC expectations and the background estimation derived with the above procedure.For each of the methods used, consistency checks comparing data and background predictions are performed using samples of events at the preselection level, that are expected to have small contributions from potential signal resonances. In the case of the semileptonic channels, we show in Fig. 3 the distribution of mjetP for data and MC at the preselection level. The black line, representing the fit to data, is obtained by the sum of Eqs. (3) and (4), with the tt‾ shape as obtained from the control sample, the tt‾ normalization is fixed to MC scaled by the two SFs, and the other components are free in the sideband fit. An overall agreement between data and prediction is observed. The background prediction in the signal region is 156±26 events, with an observation of 151 events, for the τeτh channel and 204±31 events, with an observation of 203 events, for the τμτh channel.In the all-hadronic channel, for events where the leading jet satisfies the requirement τ21<0.75, a plane is defined using the mjetP and mττ variables and four regions are considered, as shown in Fig. 4. Most of the signal events are expected in region A, while regions B, C, D are dominated by background events. Studies of the correlation factors for simulated events and in regions orthogonal to the signal region show that the variables mjetP and mττ are essentially uncorrelated. In this case, the total number of background events in the region A can be estimated as:(5)Nbkg=(NBND)/NC. The method described by Eq. (5), called “ABCD method”, gives a background prediction in the signal region that has been checked to be insensitive to possible signal contamination in the regions B, C, D.Fig. 5 shows the observed distributions of mZH in the τhτh channel, along with the corresponding MC expectations for signal and background. The low number of events in regions B, C, D is not sufficient to derive the shape of the distribution in the signal region using the ABCD method. We use the results from this method to compute the cross section upper limits, which are obtained without assumptions about the shape of the distributions. The ABCD method is checked using an alternative background estimation technique, where tt‾, W + jets and Z + jets background contributions are given by Eq. (2), while the QCD multijet background is estimated from a control sample of events where at least one τ candidate fails the isolation requirement. The same control sample is used to obtain the shape of the QCD distribution in the signal region presented in Fig. 5.8Systematic uncertaintiesThe sources of systematic uncertainty in this analysis, which affect either the background estimation or the signal efficiencies, are described below.For the signal efficiency, the main uncertainties come from the limited number of signal MC events (3–10%), the integrated luminosity (2.5%) [56], and the uncertainty on the modeling of pileup (0.2–2.2%). Hereafter, the ranges indicate the different channels and mass regions used in the evaluation of the upper limits. The scale factors for lepton identification are derived from dedicated analyses of observed and simulated Z→ℓ+ℓ− events, using the “tag-and-probe” method [50,51,57]. The uncertainties in these factors are taken as systematic uncertainties and amount to 1–4% for electrons, 1–6% for muons and 9–26% for τ leptons decaying hadronically. The jet and lepton four-momenta are varied over a range given by the energy scale and resolution uncertainties [41]. In this process, variations in the lepton and jet four-momenta are propagated consistently to p→Tmiss. For the all-leptonic and semileptonic channels, additional uncertainties come from the procedure of removing nearby tracks and leptons used in the hadronic τ reconstruction, and from the isolation variable computation in the case of boosted topologies. The inefficiency resulting from these procedures, as measured in signal simulation, is assigned as a systematic uncertainty, corresponding to 1–16% for τ reconstruction and 1–21% for isolation. In the all-hadronic analysis, a constant uncertainty of 10% is assigned for the application of the τ reconstruction procedure to collimated subjets, comparing the performance for isolated and non-isolated τ leptons in simulation. The jet trigger efficiency has an uncertainty of <1%, as determined from a less selective trigger. Following the method derived for vector boson identification in merged jets [58], a scale factor of 0.94±0.06 is used for the efficiency of the pruning and subjet searching techniques applied on the CA jet, where the uncertainty is included in the estimation of the overall systematic uncertainty. For the b tagging, data-to-MC corrections derived from several control samples are applied and the uncertainties on these corrections are propagated as systematic uncertainties in the analysis (2–6%). The procedure used to derive the b-tagging systematic uncertainties is described in Ref. [54].The uncertainties in the background estimate are dominated by the limited numbers of MC events and sideband data events (4–16 events in all-leptonic channels, 34–37 events in semileptonic channels and 29 in the all-hadronic channels). In the analysis of the all-leptonic and semileptonic channels, additional uncertainties in the background yields of 10–96% originate from the limited number of events of the background MC samples used in the computation of the α(x) quantity, and 18–47% from the normalization fit.9ResultsTable 2 shows the signal efficiencies (computed using a sample generated with corresponding τ decays), the background expectation and the number of observed events for the six analysis channels.Having observed no significant deviations in the observed number of events from the expected background, we set upper limits on the production cross section of a new resonance in the ZH final state. We use the CLs criterion [59,60] to extract upper bounds on the cross section, combining all six event categories. The test statistic is a profile likelihood ratio [61] and the systematic uncertainties are treated as nuisance parameters with the frequentist approach. The nuisance parameters are described with log-normal prior probability distribution functions, except for those related to the extrapolation from sideband events, which are expected to follow a Γ distribution [61]. In the all-leptonic and semileptonic channels, the numbers of signal and background events are calculated for a region corresponding to ±2.5 times the expected resolution around each mass point in mZH, while in the all-hadronic channel we consider the number of expected background, signal and observed events in mZH>800 GeV for each mass point. The expected and observed upper limits are shown in Fig. 6. Production cross sections times branching fraction in a range between 0.9 and 27.8 fb, depending on the resonance mass (0.8–2.5 TeV), are excluded at a 95% confidence level.In Fig. 6, the results from this analysis are also compared to the cross section of the theoretical model, used as benchmark in this paper and studied in Ref. [25]. In this model, the parameters are chosen to be gV=3 and cF=−cH=1, corresponding to a strongly coupled sector. In Fig. 7, a scan of the coupling parameters and the corresponding regions of exclusion in the HVT model are shown. The parameters are defined as gVcH and g2cF/gV, related to the coupling strength of the new resonance to the Higgs boson and to fermions. Regions of the plane excluded by this search are indicated by hatched areas. Ranges of the scan are limited by the assumption that the new resonance is narrow.10SummaryA search for a highly massive (≥0.8 TeV) and narrow resonance decaying to Z and H bosons that decay in turn to merged dijet and τ+τ− final states has been conducted with data samples collected in 8 TeV proton–proton collisions by the CMS experiment in 2012. For a high-mass resonance decaying to much lighter Z and H bosons, the final state particles must be detected and reconstructed in small angular regions. This is the first search performed by adopting novel and advanced reconstruction techniques to accomplish that end. From a combination of all possible decay modes of the τ leptons, production cross sections in a range between 0.9 and 27.8 fb, depending on the resonance mass (0.8–2.5 TeV), are excluded at a 95% confidence level.AcknowledgementsWe congratulate our colleagues in the CERN accelerator departments for the excellent performance of the LHC and thank the technical and administrative staffs at CERN and at other CMS institutes for their contributions to the success of the CMS effort. In addition, we gratefully acknowledge the computing centers and personnel of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid for delivering so effectively the computing infrastructure essential to our analyses. Finally, we acknowledge the enduring support for the construction and operation of the LHC and the CMS detector provided by the following funding agencies: BMWFW and FWF (Austria); FNRS and FWO (Belgium); CNPq, CAPES, FAPERJ, and FAPESP (Brazil); MES (Bulgaria); CERN; CAS, MOST, and NSFC (China); COLCIENCIAS (Colombia); MSES and CSF (Croatia); RPF (Cyprus); MoER, ERC IUT and ERDF (Estonia); Academy of Finland, MEC, and HIP (Finland); CEA and CNRS/IN2P3 (France); BMBF, DFG, and HGF (Germany); GSRT (Greece); OTKA and NIH (Hungary); DAE and DST (India); IPM (Iran); SFI (Ireland); INFN (Italy); MSIP and NRF (Republic of Korea); LAS (Lithuania); MOE and UM (Malaysia); CINVESTAV, CONACYT, SEP, and UASLP-FAI (Mexico); MBIE (New Zealand); PAEC (Pakistan); MSHE and NSC (Poland); FCT (Portugal); JINR (Dubna); MON, RosAtom, RAS and RFBR (Russia); MESTD (Serbia); SEIDI and CPAN (Spain); Swiss Funding Agencies (Switzerland); MST (Taipei); ThEPCenter, IPST, STAR and NSTDA (Thailand); TUBITAK and TAEK (Turkey); NASU and SFFR (Ukraine); STFC (United Kingdom); DOE and NSF (USA).Individuals have received support from the Marie-Curie program and the European Research Council and EPLANET (European Union); the Leventis Foundation; the A.P. 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