Abstract

A search for pair production of massive vector-like T and B quarks in proton-proton collisions at root s = 13 TeV is presented. The data set was collected in 2015 by the CMS experiment at the LHC and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of up to 2.6 fb(-1). The T and B quarks are assumed to decay through three possible channels into a heavy boson (either a W, Z or Higgs boson) and a third generation quark. This search is performed in final states with one charged lepton and several jets, exploiting techniques to identify W or Higgs bosons decaying hadronically with large transverse momenta. No excess over the predicted standard model background is observed. Upper limits at 95% confidence level on the T quark pair production cross section are set that exclude T quark masses below 860 GeV in the singlet, and below 830 GeV in the doublet branching fraction scenario. For other branching fraction combinations with B (T -> tH) + B(T -> bW) >= 0.4, lower limits on the T quark range from 790 to 940 GeV. Limits are also set on pair production of singlet vector-like B quarks, which can be excluded up to a mass of 730 GeV. The techniques showcased here for understanding highly-boosted final states are important as the sensitivity to new particles is extended to higher masses.

Autore Pugliese

• Pompili Alexis , Selvaggi Giovanna , Abbrescia Marcello , De Palma Mauro , My Salvatore , Nuzzo Salvatore Vitale

Tutti gli autori

• POMPILI A.;CALABRIA C.;ERRICO F.;MINIELLO G.;SELVAGGI G.;ABBRESCIA M.;DE PALMA M.;VENDITTI R.;MY S.;NUZZO S.V.

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2017

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1029-8479

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3

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15

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