Publication
Title
Search for vector-like quarks in events with two oppositely charged leptons and jets in proton-proton collisions at root s=13TeV
Author
Institution/Organisation
CMS Collaboration
Abstract
A search for the pair production of heavy vector-like partners T and B of the top and bottom quarks has been performed by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC using proton-proton collisions at . The data sample was collected in 2016 and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 production include those where one of the T quarks decays via TtZ and the other via TbW, tZ, or tH, where H is a Higgs boson. For the BB case, final states include those where one of the B quarks decays via BbZ and the other BtW, bZ, or bH. Events with two oppositely charged electrons or muons, consistent with coming from the decay of a Z boson, and jets are investigated. The number of observed events is consistent with standard model background estimations. Lower limits at 95% confidence level are placed on the masses of the T and B quarks for a range of branching fractions. Assuming 100% branching fractions for TtZ, and BbZ, T and B quark mass values below 1280 and 1130 respectively, are excluded.
Language
English
Source (journal)
European physical journal : C : particles and fields. - Berlin
Publication
Berlin : 2019
ISSN
1434-6044
1434-6052
DOI
10.1140/EPJC/S10052-019-6855-8
Volume/pages
79 :4 (2019) , 31 p.
Article Reference
364
ISI
000466094100001
Pubmed ID
31180390
Medium
E-only publicatie
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UAntwerpen
Faculty/Department
Research group
Project info
The CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.
Publication type
Subject
Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Creation 25.06.2019
Last edited 02.10.2024
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