A search is presented for the pair production of new heavy resonances, each decaying into a top quark (t) or antiquark and a gluon (g). The analysis uses data recorded with the CMS detector from proton–proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb−1 . Events with one muon or electron, multiple jets, and missing transverse momentum are selected. After using a deep neural network to enrich the data sample with signal-like events, distributions in the scalar sum of the transverse momenta of all reconstructed objects are analyzed in the search for a signal. No significant deviations from the standard model prediction are found. Upper limits at 95% confidence level are set on the product of cross section and branching fraction squared for the pair production of excited top quarks in the t∗ → tg decay channel. The upper limits range from 120 to 0.8 fb for a t∗ with spin-1/2 and from 15 to 1.0 fb for a t∗ with spin-3/2. These correspond to mass exclusion limits up to 1050 and 1700 GeV for spin-1/2 and spin-3/2 t∗ particles, respectively. These are the most stringent limits to date on the existence of t∗ → tg resonances.

Null, N., Hayrapetyan, A., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Andrejkovic, J.W., Benato, L., et al. (2025). Search for pair production of heavy particles decaying to a top quark and a gluon in the lepton+jets final state in proton–proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV. EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS, 85(3), 1-29 [10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-13729-y].

Search for pair production of heavy particles decaying to a top quark and a gluon in the lepton+jets final state in proton–proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV

Battilana, C.;Bonacorsi, D.;Cuffiani, M.;Diotalevi, T.;Fanfani, A.;Giommi, L.;Guiducci, L.;Lorusso, M.;Paggi, G.;Rossi Tisbeni, S. i;Rovelli, T.;Siroli, G. P.;
2025

Abstract

A search is presented for the pair production of new heavy resonances, each decaying into a top quark (t) or antiquark and a gluon (g). The analysis uses data recorded with the CMS detector from proton–proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb−1 . Events with one muon or electron, multiple jets, and missing transverse momentum are selected. After using a deep neural network to enrich the data sample with signal-like events, distributions in the scalar sum of the transverse momenta of all reconstructed objects are analyzed in the search for a signal. No significant deviations from the standard model prediction are found. Upper limits at 95% confidence level are set on the product of cross section and branching fraction squared for the pair production of excited top quarks in the t∗ → tg decay channel. The upper limits range from 120 to 0.8 fb for a t∗ with spin-1/2 and from 15 to 1.0 fb for a t∗ with spin-3/2. These correspond to mass exclusion limits up to 1050 and 1700 GeV for spin-1/2 and spin-3/2 t∗ particles, respectively. These are the most stringent limits to date on the existence of t∗ → tg resonances.
2025
Null, N., Hayrapetyan, A., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Andrejkovic, J.W., Benato, L., et al. (2025). Search for pair production of heavy particles decaying to a top quark and a gluon in the lepton+jets final state in proton–proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV. EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS, 85(3), 1-29 [10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-13729-y].
Null, Null; Hayrapetyan, A.; Tumasyan, A.; Adam, W.; Andrejkovic, J. W.; Benato, L.; Bergauer, T.; Chatterjee, S.; Damanakis, K.; Dragicevic, M.; Huss...espandi
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