Search for pair production of a new heavy quark that decays into a W boson and a light quark in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Abstract

A search is presented for pair production of a new heavy quark (Q) that decays into a W boson and a light quark (q) in the final state where one W boson decays leptonically (to an electron or muon plus a neutrino) and the other W boson decays hadronically. The analysis is performed using an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb−1 of pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV collected by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. No evidence of QQ¯ production is observed. New chiral quarks with masses below 690 GeV are excluded at 95% confidence level, assuming BR(Q→Wq)=1. Results are also interpreted in the context of vectorlike quark models, resulting in the limits on the mass of a vectorlike quark in the two-dimensional plane of BR(Q→Wq) versus BR(Q→Hq).


Tutti gli autori

  • Aad G. , Chiodini G. , Gorini E. , Primavera M. , Spagnolo S. , Ventura A.

Titolo volume/Rivista

PHYSICAL REVIEW D, PARTICLES, FIELDS, GRAVITATION, AND COSMOLOGY


Anno di pubblicazione

2015

ISSN

1550-7998

ISBN

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Numero di citazioni Wos

21

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

28/04/2018


Numero di citazioni Scopus

22

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

28/04/2018


Settori ERC

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Codici ASJC

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