Sirunyan, AM;
Tumasyan, A;
Adam, W;
Ambrogi, F;
Asilar, E;
Bergauer, T;
Brandstetter, J;
... Woods, N; + view all
(2019)
Search for vector-like quarks in events with two oppositely charged
leptons and jets in proton–proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV.
European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
, 79
(4)
10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-6855-8.
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Abstract
A search for the pair production of heavy vector-like partners T and B of the top and bottom quarks has been performed by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC using proton–proton collisions at s√=13TeV. The data sample was collected in 2016 and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 35.9fb−1. Final states studied for TT¯¯¯¯ production include those where one of the T quarks decays via T→tZ and the other via T→bW, tZ, or tH, where H is a Higgs boson. For the BB¯¯¯¯ case, final states include those where one of the B quarks decays via B→bZ and the other B→tW, bZ, or bH. Events with two oppositely charged electrons or muons, consistent with coming from the decay of a Z boson, and jets are investigated. The number of observed events is consistent with standard model background estimations. Lower limits at 95% confidence level are placed on the masses of the T and B quarks for a range of branching fractions. Assuming 100% branching fractions for T→tZ, and B→bZ, T and B quark mass values below 1280 and 1130GeV, respectively, are excluded.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Search for vector-like quarks in events with two oppositely charged leptons and jets in proton–proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-6855-8 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-6855-8 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10092249 |
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