Publication
Title
Search for new color-octet vector particle decaying to $t\overline{t}$ in $p\overline{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$= 1.96 TeV
Author
Institution/Organisation
CDF Collaboration
Abstract
 We present the result of a search for a massive color-octet vector particle, (e.g. a massive gluon) decaying to a pair of top quarks in protonantiproton collisions with a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV. This search is based on 1.9 fb−1 of data collected using the CDF detector during Run II of the Tevatron at Fermilab. We study View the MathML source events in the lepton + jets channel with at least one b-tagged jet. A massive gluon is characterized by its mass, decay width, and the strength of its coupling to quarks. These parameters are determined according to the observed invariant mass distribution of top quark pairs. We set limits on the massive gluon coupling strength for masses between 400 and 800 GeV/c2 and width-to-mass ratios between 0.05 and 0.50. The coupling strength of the hypothetical massive gluon to quarks is consistent with zero within the explored parameter space.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Physics letters: B. - Amsterdam, 1967, currens
Publication
Amsterdam : 2010
ISSN
0370-2693
Volume/pages
691:4(2010), p. 183-190
ISI
000280328200002
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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