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Search for single production of vector-like quarks decaying to a top quark and a W boson in proton–proton collisions at √s=13TeV. / The CMS collaboration ; Димова, Татьяна Владимировна; Кардапольцев, Леонид Васильевич.
In: European Physical Journal C, Vol. 79, No. 2, 90, 30.01.2019.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Search for single production of vector-like quarks decaying to a top quark and a W boson in proton–proton collisions at √s=13TeV
AU - The CMS collaboration
AU - Sirunyan, A. M.
AU - Tumasyan, A.
AU - Adam, W.
AU - Ambrogi, F.
AU - Asilar, E.
AU - Bergauer, T.
AU - Brandstetter, J.
AU - Dragicevic, M.
AU - Erö, J.
AU - Del Valle, A. Escalante
AU - Flechl, M.
AU - Frühwirth, R.
AU - Ghete, V. M.
AU - Hrubec, J.
AU - Jeitler, M.
AU - Krammer, N.
AU - Krätschmer, I.
AU - Liko, D.
AU - Madlener, T.
AU - Mikulec, I.
AU - Rad, N.
AU - Rohringer, H.
AU - Schieck, J.
AU - Schöfbeck, R.
AU - Spanring, M.
AU - Spitzbart, D.
AU - Taurok, A.
AU - Waltenberger, W.
AU - Wittmann, J.
AU - Wulz, C. E.
AU - Zarucki, M.
AU - Chekhovsky, V.
AU - Mossolov, V.
AU - Gonzalez, J. Suarez
AU - De Wolf, E. A.
AU - Di Croce, D.
AU - Janssen, X.
AU - Lauwers, J.
AU - Pieters, M.
AU - Van Haevermaet, H.
AU - Van Mechelen, P.
AU - Van Remortel, N.
AU - Zeid, S. Abu
AU - Blekman, F.
AU - D’Hondt, J.
AU - De Clercq, J.
AU - Barnyakov, A.
AU - Blinov, V.
AU - Skovpen, Y.
AU - Ivanov, A.
AU - Димова, Татьяна Владимировна
AU - Кардапольцев, Леонид Васильевич
PY - 2019/1/30
Y1 - 2019/1/30
N2 - A search is presented for the single production of vector-like quarks in proton–proton collisions at s=13TeV. The data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9fb-1, were recorded with the CMS experiment at the LHC. The analysis focuses on the vector-like quark decay into a top quark and a W boson, with one muon or electron in the final state. The mass of the vector-like quark candidate is reconstructed from hadronic jets, the lepton, and the missing transverse momentum. Methods for the identification of b quarks and of highly Lorentz boosted hadronically decaying top quarks and W bosons are exploited in this search. No significant deviation from the standard model background expectation is observed. Exclusion limits at 95% confidence level are set on the product of the production cross section and branching fraction as a function of the vector-like quark mass, which range from 0.3 to 0.03pb for vector-like quark masses of 700 to 2000GeV. Mass exclusion limits up to 1660GeV are obtained, depending on the vector-like quark type, coupling, and decay width. These represent the most stringent exclusion limits for the single production of vector-like quarks in this channel.
AB - A search is presented for the single production of vector-like quarks in proton–proton collisions at s=13TeV. The data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9fb-1, were recorded with the CMS experiment at the LHC. The analysis focuses on the vector-like quark decay into a top quark and a W boson, with one muon or electron in the final state. The mass of the vector-like quark candidate is reconstructed from hadronic jets, the lepton, and the missing transverse momentum. Methods for the identification of b quarks and of highly Lorentz boosted hadronically decaying top quarks and W bosons are exploited in this search. No significant deviation from the standard model background expectation is observed. Exclusion limits at 95% confidence level are set on the product of the production cross section and branching fraction as a function of the vector-like quark mass, which range from 0.3 to 0.03pb for vector-like quark masses of 700 to 2000GeV. Mass exclusion limits up to 1660GeV are obtained, depending on the vector-like quark type, coupling, and decay width. These represent the most stringent exclusion limits for the single production of vector-like quarks in this channel.
KW - PARTON SHOWERS
KW - ATLAS DETECTOR
KW - PP COLLISIONS
KW - HIGGS-BOSON
KW - T QUARK
KW - PHYSICS
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U2 - 10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-6556-3
DO - 10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-6556-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 30814908
AN - SCOPUS:85060846638
VL - 79
JO - European Physical Journal C
JF - European Physical Journal C
SN - 1434-6044
IS - 2
M1 - 90
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