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Search for singly and pair-produced leptoquarks coupling to third-generation fermions in proton-proton collisions at s=13 TeV. / The CMS collaboration.
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T1 - Search for singly and pair-produced leptoquarks coupling to third-generation fermions in proton-proton collisions at s=13 TeV
AU - The CMS collaboration
AU - Sirunyan, A. M.
AU - Tumasyan, A.
AU - Adam, W.
AU - Bergauer, T.
AU - Dragicevic, M.
AU - Erö, J.
AU - Escalante Del Valle, A.
AU - Frühwirth, R.
AU - Jeitler, M.
AU - Krammer, N.
AU - Lechner, L.
AU - Liko, D.
AU - Mikulec, I.
AU - Pitters, F. M.
AU - Rad, N.
AU - Schieck, J.
AU - Schöfbeck, R.
AU - Spanring, M.
AU - Templ, S.
AU - Waltenberger, W.
AU - Wulz, C. E.
AU - Zarucki, M.
AU - Chekhovsky, V.
AU - Litomin, A.
AU - Makarenko, V.
AU - Suarez Gonzalez, J.
AU - Darwish, M. R.
AU - De Wolf, E. A.
AU - Di Croce, D.
AU - Janssen, X.
AU - Kello, T.
AU - Lelek, A.
AU - Pieters, M.
AU - Rejeb Sfar, H.
AU - Van Haevermaet, H.
AU - Van Mechelen, P.
AU - Van Putte, S.
AU - Van Remortel, N.
AU - Blekman, F.
AU - Bols, E. S.
AU - Chhibra, S. S.
AU - D'Hondt, J.
AU - De Clercq, J.
AU - Lontkovskyi, D.
AU - Lowette, S.
AU - Blinov, V.
AU - Dimova, T.
AU - Kardapoltsev, L.
AU - Ovtin, I.
AU - Skovpen, Y.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s)
PY - 2021/8/10
Y1 - 2021/8/10
N2 - A search for leptoquarks produced singly and in pairs in proton-proton collisions is presented. We consider the leptoquark (LQ) to be a scalar particle of charge −1/3e coupling to a top quark plus a tau lepton (tτ) or a bottom quark plus a neutrino (bν), or a vector particle of charge +2/3e, coupling to tν or bτ. These choices are motivated by models that can explain a series of anomalies observed in the measurement of B meson decays. In this analysis the signatures tτνb and tτν are probed, using data recorded by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC at s=13 TeV and that correspond to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb−1. These signatures have not been previously explored in a dedicated search. The data are found to be in agreement with the standard model prediction. Lower limits at 95% confidence level are set on the LQ mass in the range 0.98–1.73 TeV, depending on the LQ spin and its coupling λ to a lepton and a quark, and assuming equal couplings for the two LQ decay modes considered. These are the most stringent constraints to date on the existence of leptoquarks in this scenario.
AB - A search for leptoquarks produced singly and in pairs in proton-proton collisions is presented. We consider the leptoquark (LQ) to be a scalar particle of charge −1/3e coupling to a top quark plus a tau lepton (tτ) or a bottom quark plus a neutrino (bν), or a vector particle of charge +2/3e, coupling to tν or bτ. These choices are motivated by models that can explain a series of anomalies observed in the measurement of B meson decays. In this analysis the signatures tτνb and tτν are probed, using data recorded by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC at s=13 TeV and that correspond to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb−1. These signatures have not been previously explored in a dedicated search. The data are found to be in agreement with the standard model prediction. Lower limits at 95% confidence level are set on the LQ mass in the range 0.98–1.73 TeV, depending on the LQ spin and its coupling λ to a lepton and a quark, and assuming equal couplings for the two LQ decay modes considered. These are the most stringent constraints to date on the existence of leptoquarks in this scenario.
KW - CMS
KW - Leptoquarks
KW - Search for new physics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85111238296&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136446
DO - 10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136446
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85111238296
VL - 819
JO - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
JF - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
SN - 0370-2693
M1 - 136446
ER -
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