A search for leptoquarks decaying into the bτ fnal state is performed using Run 2 proton-proton collision data from the Large Hadron Collider, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb−1 at √ s = 13 TeV recorded by the ATLAS detector. The benchmark models considered in this search are vector leptoquarks with electric charge of 2/3e and scalar leptoquarks with an electric charge of 4/3e. No signifcant excess above the Standard Model prediction is observed, and 95% confdence level upper limits are set on the cross-section times branching fraction of leptoquarks decaying into bτ . For the vector leptoquark production two models are considered: the Yang-Mills and Minimal coupling models. In the Yang-Mills (Minimal coupling) scenario, vector leptoquarks with a mass below 1.58 (1.35) TeV are excluded for a gauge coupling of 1.0 and below 2.05 (1.99) TeV for a gauge coupling of 2.5. In the case of scalar leptoquarks, masses below 1.28 (1.53) TeV are excluded for a Yukawa coupling of 1.0 (2.5). Finally, an interpretation of the results with minimal model dependence is performed for each of the signal region categories, and limits on the visible cross-section for beyond the Standard Model processes are provided.

Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abeling, K., Abicht, N.J., Abidi, S.H., Aboulhorma, A., et al. (2023). Search for leptoquarks decaying into the bτ fnal state in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2023(10), 0-54 [10.1007/JHEP10(2023)001].

Search for leptoquarks decaying into the bτ fnal state in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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