A search is performed for narrow resonances decaying to final states of two jets, with at least one jet originating from a b quark, in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV. The data set corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb−1 collected with the CMS detector at the LHC. Jets originating from energetic b hadrons are identified through a b-tagging algorithm that utilizes a deep neural network or the presence of a muon inside a jet. The invariant mass spectrum of jet pairs is well described by a smooth parametrization and no evidence for the production of new particles is observed. Upper limits on the production cross section are set for excited b quarks and other resonances decaying to dijet final states containing b quarks. These limits exclude at 95% confidence level models of Z' bosons with masses from 1.8 to 2.4 TeV and of excited b quarks with masses from 1.8 to 4.0 TeV. This is the most stringent exclusion of excited b quarks to date.

Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Andrejkovic, J. ., Bergauer, T., Chatterjee, S., Damanakis, K., et al. (2023). Search for narrow resonances in the b-tagged dijet mass spectrum in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 108(1), 1-22 [10.1103/PhysRevD.108.012009].

Search for narrow resonances in the b-tagged dijet mass spectrum in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV

Battilana, C.;Bonacorsi, D.;Borgonovi, L.;Castro, A.;Cuffiani, M.;Diotalevi, T.;Fanfani, A.;Giommi, L.;Guiducci, L.;Lunerti, L.;Rovelli, T.;Siroli, G.  P.;
2023

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A search is performed for narrow resonances decaying to final states of two jets, with at least one jet originating from a b quark, in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV. The data set corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb−1 collected with the CMS detector at the LHC. Jets originating from energetic b hadrons are identified through a b-tagging algorithm that utilizes a deep neural network or the presence of a muon inside a jet. The invariant mass spectrum of jet pairs is well described by a smooth parametrization and no evidence for the production of new particles is observed. Upper limits on the production cross section are set for excited b quarks and other resonances decaying to dijet final states containing b quarks. These limits exclude at 95% confidence level models of Z' bosons with masses from 1.8 to 2.4 TeV and of excited b quarks with masses from 1.8 to 4.0 TeV. This is the most stringent exclusion of excited b quarks to date.
2023
Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Andrejkovic, J. ., Bergauer, T., Chatterjee, S., Damanakis, K., et al. (2023). Search for narrow resonances in the b-tagged dijet mass spectrum in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 108(1), 1-22 [10.1103/PhysRevD.108.012009].
Tumasyan, A.; Adam, W.; Andrejkovic, J.  W.; Bergauer, T.; Chatterjee, S.; Damanakis, K.; Dragicevic, M.; Del Valle, A. Escalante; Frühwirth, R.; Jeit...espandi
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