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 = 13 TeV. 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.

Sirunyan, A., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Ambrogi, F., Asilar, E., Bergauer, T., et al. (2018). Search for pair production of vector-like quarks in the bWb‾W channel from proton–proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV. PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B, 779, 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 = 13 TeV

Battilana, C.;Bonacorsi, D.;Braibant-Giacomelli, S.;Campanini, R.;Capiluppi, P.;Castro, A.;Cuffiani, M.;Fanfani, A.;Fasanella, D.;Guiducci, L.;Navarria, F. L.;Rossi, A. M.;Rovelli, T.;Siroli, G. P.;
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 = 13 TeV. 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
Sirunyan, A., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Ambrogi, F., Asilar, E., Bergauer, T., et al. (2018). Search for pair production of vector-like quarks in the bWb‾W channel from proton–proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV. PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B, 779, 82-106 [10.1016/j.physletb.2018.01.077].
Sirunyan, A.M.; Tumasyan, A.; Adam, W.; Ambrogi, F.; Asilar, E.; Bergauer, T.; Brandstetter, J.; Brondolin, E.; Dragicevic, M.; Erö, J.; Flechl, M.; F...espandi
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