Search for pair production of vector-like T and B quarks in single-lepton final states using boosted jet substructure in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV
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Journal Article
Abstract
A search for pair production of massive vector-like T and B quarks in proton-proton collisions at s√=13 TeV is presented. The data set was collected in 2015 by the CMS experiment at the LHC and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of up to 2.6 fb−1. The T and B quarks are assumed to decay through three possible channels into a heavy boson (either a W, Z or Higgs boson) and a third generation quark. This search is performed in final states with one charged lepton and several jets, exploiting techniques to identify W or Higgs bosons decaying hadronically with large transverse momenta. No excess over the predicted standard model background is observed. Upper limits at 95% confidence level on the T quark pair production cross section are set that exclude T quark masses below 860 GeV in the singlet, and below 830 GeV in the doublet branching fraction scenario. For other branching fraction combinations with ℬ(T → tH) + ℬ(T → bW) ≥ 0.4, lower limits on the T quark range from 790 to 940 GeV. Limits are also set on pair production of singlet vector-like B quarks, which can be excluded up to a mass of 730 GeV. The techniques showcased here for understanding highly-boosted final states are important as the sensitivity to new particles is extended to higher masses.
Date Issued
2017-11-15
Date Acceptance
2017-11-01
Citation
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2017, 2017 (11)
ISSN
1029-8479
Publisher
SPRINGER
Journal / Book Title
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
Volume
2017
Issue
11
Copyright Statement
© 2017 The Author(s). This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits any use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Physics, Particles & Fields
Physics
Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)
Heavy quark production
vector-like quarks
HADRON COLLIDERS
CROSS-SECTION
PP COLLISIONS
PLUS PLUS
BOSON
ENERGIES
FERMION
MODELS
LHC
01 Mathematical Sciences
02 Physical Sciences
Nuclear & Particles Physics
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 085