A search is presented for the production of vector-like quark pairs, TT‾ or YY‾ with electric charge of 2/3 (T) or −4/3 (Y), in proton–proton collisions at s=13TeV. The data were collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2016 and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 35.8fb−1. The T and Y quarks are assumed to decay exclusively to a W boson and a b quark. The search is based on events with a single isolated electron or muon, large missing transverse momentum, and at least four jets with large transverse momenta. In the search, a kinematic reconstruction of the final state observables is performed, which would permit a signal to be detected as a narrow mass peak (≈7% resolution). The observed number of events is consistent with the standard model prediction. Assuming strong pair production of the vector-like quarks and a 100% branching fraction to bW, a lower limit of 1295 GeV at 95% confidence level is set on the T and Y quark masses.

Search for pair production of vector-like quarks in the bWb‾W channel from proton–proton collisions at s=13TeV / Sirunyan, A.M., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Ambrogi, F., Asilar, E., Bergauer, T., Brandstetter, J., Brondolin, E., Dragicevic, M., Ero, J., Flechl, M., Friedl, M., Fruhwirth, R., Ghete, V.M., Grossmann, J., Hrubec, J., Jeitler, M., Konig, A., Krammer, N., Kratschmer, I., et al.. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - 779:(2018), pp. 82-106. [10.1016/j.physletb.2018.01.077]

Search for pair production of vector-like quarks in the bWb‾W channel from proton–proton collisions at s=13TeV

Cipriani M.;Del Re D.;Longo E.;Organtini G.;Paramatti R.;Rahatlou S.;Santanastasio F.;
2018

Abstract

A search is presented for the production of vector-like quark pairs, TT‾ or YY‾ with electric charge of 2/3 (T) or −4/3 (Y), in proton–proton collisions at s=13TeV. The data were collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2016 and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 35.8fb−1. The T and Y quarks are assumed to decay exclusively to a W boson and a b quark. The search is based on events with a single isolated electron or muon, large missing transverse momentum, and at least four jets with large transverse momenta. In the search, a kinematic reconstruction of the final state observables is performed, which would permit a signal to be detected as a narrow mass peak (≈7% resolution). The observed number of events is consistent with the standard model prediction. Assuming strong pair production of the vector-like quarks and a 100% branching fraction to bW, a lower limit of 1295 GeV at 95% confidence level is set on the T and Y quark masses.
2018
CMS; physics; vector-like quarks
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Search for pair production of vector-like quarks in the bWb‾W channel from proton–proton collisions at s=13TeV / Sirunyan, A.M., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Ambrogi, F., Asilar, E., Bergauer, T., Brandstetter, J., Brondolin, E., Dragicevic, M., Ero, J., Flechl, M., Friedl, M., Fruhwirth, R., Ghete, V.M., Grossmann, J., Hrubec, J., Jeitler, M., Konig, A., Krammer, N., Kratschmer, I., et al.. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - 779:(2018), pp. 82-106. [10.1016/j.physletb.2018.01.077]
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