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Title
Search for resonant production in proton-proton collisions at = 8 TeV
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Institution/Organisation
CMS Collaboration
Abstract
A search is performed for the production of heavy resonances decaying into top-antitop quark pairs in proton-proton collisions at root s = 8 TeV. Data used for the analyses were collected with the CMS detector and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb(-1). The search is performed using events with three different final states, defined by the number of leptons (electrons and muons) from the t (t) over bar. WbWb decay. The analyses are optimized for reconstruction of top quarks with high Lorentz boosts, where jet substructure techniques are used to enhance the sensitivity. Results are presented for all channels and a combination is performed. No significant excess of events relative to the expected yield from standard model processes is observed. Upper limits on the production cross section of heavy resonances decaying to t (t) over bar are calculated. A narrow leptophobic topcolor Z' resonance with a mass below 2.4 TeV is excluded at 95% confidence level. Limits are also derived for a broad Z' resonance with a 10% width relative to the resonance mass, and a Kaluza-Klein excitation of the gluon in the Randall-Sundrum model. These are the most stringent limits to date on heavy resonances decaying into top-antitop quark pairs.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Physical review : D : particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology / American Physical Society. - Ridge, N.Y., 2004 - 2015
Publication
Ridge, N.Y. : American Physical Society , 2016
ISSN
1550-7998 [print]
1550-2368 [online]
DOI
10.1103/PHYSREVD.93.012001
Volume/pages
93 :1 (2016) , 35 p.
Article Reference
012001
ISI
000367781400001
Medium
E-only publicatie
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