Title
Search for the production of an excited bottom quark decaying to tW in proton-proton collisions at (Formula Presented.) TeV
Date Issued
01 January 2016
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
The CMS collaboration
Khachatryan V.
Sirunyan A.M.
Tumasyan A.
Adam W.
Asilar E.
Bergauer T.
Brandstetter J.
Brondolin E.
Dragicevic M.
Erö J.
Flechl M.
Friedl M.
Frühwirth R.
Ghete V.M.
Hartl C.
Hörmann N.
Hrubec J.
Jeitler M.
Knünz V.
König A.
Krammer M.
Krätschmer I.
Liko D.
Matsushita T.
Mikulec I.
Rabady D.
Rahbaran B.
Rohringer H.
Schieck J.
Schöfbeck R.
Strauss J.
Treberer-Treberspurg W.
Waltenberger W.
Wulz C.E.
Mossolov V.
Shumeiko N.
Suarez Gonzalez J.
Alderweireldt S.
Cornelis T.
De Wolf E.A.
Janssen X.
Knutsson A.
Lauwers J.
Luyckx S.
Ochesanu S.
Rougny R.
Van De Klundert M.
Van Haevermaet H.
Van Mechelen P.
Van Remortel N.
Van Spilbeeck A.
Abu Zeid S.
Blekman F.
D’Hondt J.
Daci N.
De Bruyn I.
Deroover K.
Heracleous N.
Keaveney J.
Lowette S.
Moreels L.
Olbrechts A.
Python Q.
Strom D.
Tavernier S.
Van Doninck W.
Van Mulders P.
Van Onsem G.P.
Van Parijs I.
Barria P.
Caillol C.
Clerbaux B.
De Lentdecker G.
Delannoy H.
Fasanella G.
Favart L.
Gay A.P.R.
Grebenyuk A.
Karapostoli G.
Lenzi T.
Léonard A.
Maerschalk T.
Marinov A.
Perniè L.
Randle-Conde A.
Reis T.
Seva T.
Vander Velde C.
Vanlaer P.
Yonamine R.
Zenoni F.
Zhang F.
Beernaert K.
Benucci L.
Cimmino A.
Crucy S.
Dobur D.
Fagot A.
Garcia G.
Publisher(s)
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Abstract
A search is presented for a singly produced excited bottom quark (b*) decaying to a top quark and a W boson in the all-hadronic, lepton+jets, and dilepton final states in proton-proton collisions at s=8(Formula Presented.)TeV recorded by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC. Data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb−1 are used. No significant excess of events is observed with respect to standard model expectations. We set limits at 95% confidence on the product of the b* quark production cross section and its branching fraction to tW. The cross section limits are interpreted for scenarios including left-handed, right-handed, and vector-like couplings of the b* quark and are presented in the two-dimensional coupling plane based on the production and decay coupling constants. The masses of the left-handed, right-handed, and vector-like b* quark states are excluded at 95% confidence below 1390, 1430, and 1530 GeV, respectively, for benchmark couplings. This analysis gives the most stringent limits on the mass of the b∗ quark to date.[Figure not available: see fulltext.]
Start page
1
End page
44
Volume
2016
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Química física Química analítica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84957803812
Source
Journal of High Energy Physics
ISSN of the container
11266708
Sponsor(s)
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung 153664 SNF GRIDPP, ST/I005912/1, ST/J004871/1, ST/J004901/1, ST/J005479/1, ST/J005665/1, ST/J50094X/1, ST/K001256/1, ST/K001531/1, ST/K001639/1, ST/K003844/1, ST/L00609X/1, ST/M004775/1, ST/M005356/1, ST/N000242/1, ST/N000250/1 STFC Seventh Framework Programme 246806 FP7 National Science Foundation 1120138, 1151640, 1206044, 1211067, 1306040, 1306951, 1314131, 1404302, 1506130, 1506168, 1508869 NSF
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