Publication
Title
Search for neutral color-octet weak-triplet scalar particles in proton-proton collisions at 8TeV
Author
Institution/Organisation
CMS Collaboration
Abstract
A search for pair production of neutral color-octet weak-triplet scalar particles (Theta(0)) is performed in processes where one Theta(0) decays to a pair of b quark jets and the other to a Z boson plus a jet, with the Z boson decaying to a pair of electrons or muons. The search is performed with data collected by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb(-1) of proton-proton collisions at root s = 8TeV. The number of observed events is found to be in agreement with the standard model predictions. The 95% confidence level upper limit on the product of the cross section and branching fraction is obtained as a function of the Theta(0) mass. The 95% confidence level lower bounds on the Theta(0) mass are found to be 623 and 426 GeV, for two different octo-triplet theoretical scenarios. These are the first direct experimental bounds on particles predicted by the octo-triplet model.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Journal of high energy physics. - Bristol
Publication
Bristol : 2015
ISSN
1126-6708
1029-8479 [online]
DOI
10.1007/JHEP09(2015)201
Volume/pages
9 (2015) , 37 p.
Article Reference
201
ISI
000362594900001
Medium
E-only publicatie
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
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Creation 13.11.2015
Last edited 09.10.2023
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