This Letter presents a search for singly produced vector-like quarks, Q, coupling to light quarks, q. The search is sensitive to both charged current (CC) and neutral current (NC) processes, pp -> Qq -> Wqq' and pp -> Qq -> Zqq' with a leptonic decay of the vector gauge boson. In 1.04 fb(-1) of data taken in 2011 by the ATLAS experiment at a center-of-mass energy root s = 7 TeV, no evidence of such heavy vector-like quarks is observed above the expected Standard Model background. Limits on the heavy vector-like quark production cross section times branching ratio as a function of mass m(Q) are obtained. For a coupling K-qQ = v/m(Q), where v is the Higgs vacuum expectation value, 95% C.L. lower limits on the mass of a vector-like quark are set at 900 GeV and 760 GeV from CC and NC processes, respectively. (C) 2012 CERN. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Search for heavy vector-like quarks coupling to light quarks in proton-proton collisions at root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector / Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdel Khalek, S., Abdelalim, A.A., Abdesselam, A., Abdinov, O., Abi, B., Abolins, M., Abouzeid, O.S., Abramowicz, H., Abreu, H., Acerbi, E., Acharya, B.S., Adamczyk, L., Adams, D.L., Addy, T.N., Adelman, J., Aderholz, M., Adomeit, S., et al.. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - STAMPA. - 712:1-2(2012), pp. 22-39. [10.1016/j.physletb.2012.03.082]

Search for heavy vector-like quarks coupling to light quarks in proton-proton collisions at root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

G. Artoni;BAGNAIA, Paolo;BINI, Cesare;DE CECCO, Sandro;DIONISI, Carlo;GAUZZI, Paolo;GENTILE, Simonetta;GIAGU, Stefano;M. Kado;LACAVA, Francesco;LUCI, Claudio;MESSINA, Andrea;MONZANI, SIMONE;A. Policicchio;SOLFAROLI CAMILLOCCI, ELENA;VANADIA, MARCO;VERDUCCI, MONICA;
2012

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This Letter presents a search for singly produced vector-like quarks, Q, coupling to light quarks, q. The search is sensitive to both charged current (CC) and neutral current (NC) processes, pp -> Qq -> Wqq' and pp -> Qq -> Zqq' with a leptonic decay of the vector gauge boson. In 1.04 fb(-1) of data taken in 2011 by the ATLAS experiment at a center-of-mass energy root s = 7 TeV, no evidence of such heavy vector-like quarks is observed above the expected Standard Model background. Limits on the heavy vector-like quark production cross section times branching ratio as a function of mass m(Q) are obtained. For a coupling K-qQ = v/m(Q), where v is the Higgs vacuum expectation value, 95% C.L. lower limits on the mass of a vector-like quark are set at 900 GeV and 760 GeV from CC and NC processes, respectively. (C) 2012 CERN. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
2012
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Search for heavy vector-like quarks coupling to light quarks in proton-proton collisions at root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector / Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdel Khalek, S., Abdelalim, A.A., Abdesselam, A., Abdinov, O., Abi, B., Abolins, M., Abouzeid, O.S., Abramowicz, H., Abreu, H., Acerbi, E., Acharya, B.S., Adamczyk, L., Adams, D.L., Addy, T.N., Adelman, J., Aderholz, M., Adomeit, S., et al.. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - STAMPA. - 712:1-2(2012), pp. 22-39. [10.1016/j.physletb.2012.03.082]
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