A search is presented for the single production of vector-like quarks in proton–proton collisions at s=13TeV. The data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9fb-1, were recorded with the CMS experiment at the LHC. The analysis focuses on the vector-like quark decay into a top quark and a W boson, with one muon or electron in the final state. The mass of the vector-like quark candidate is reconstructed from hadronic jets, the lepton, and the missing transverse momentum. Methods for the identification of b quarks and of highly Lorentz boosted hadronically decaying top quarks and W bosons are exploited in this search. No significant deviation from the standard model background expectation is observed. Exclusion limits at 95% confidence level are set on the product of the production cross section and branching fraction as a function of the vector-like quark mass, which range from 0.3 to 0.03pb for vector-like quark masses of 700 to 2000GeV. Mass exclusion limits up to 1660GeV are obtained, depending on the vector-like quark type, coupling, and decay width. These represent the most stringent exclusion limits for the single production of vector-like quarks in this channel.

(2019). Search for single production of vector-like quarks decaying to a top quark and a W boson in proton–proton collisions at √s=13TeV [journal article - articolo]. In THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10446/144708

Search for single production of vector-like quarks decaying to a top quark and a W boson in proton–proton collisions at √s=13TeV

Re V.;Vai I.;
2019-01-01

Abstract

A search is presented for the single production of vector-like quarks in proton–proton collisions at s=13TeV. The data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9fb-1, were recorded with the CMS experiment at the LHC. The analysis focuses on the vector-like quark decay into a top quark and a W boson, with one muon or electron in the final state. The mass of the vector-like quark candidate is reconstructed from hadronic jets, the lepton, and the missing transverse momentum. Methods for the identification of b quarks and of highly Lorentz boosted hadronically decaying top quarks and W bosons are exploited in this search. No significant deviation from the standard model background expectation is observed. Exclusion limits at 95% confidence level are set on the product of the production cross section and branching fraction as a function of the vector-like quark mass, which range from 0.3 to 0.03pb for vector-like quark masses of 700 to 2000GeV. Mass exclusion limits up to 1660GeV are obtained, depending on the vector-like quark type, coupling, and decay width. These represent the most stringent exclusion limits for the single production of vector-like quarks in this channel.
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2019
Sirunyan, A. M.; Tumasyan, A.; Adam, W.; Ambrogi, F.; Asilar, E.; Bergauer, T.; Brandstetter, J.; Dragicevic, M.; Ero, J.; Del Valle, A. E.; Flechl, M...espandi
(2019). Search for single production of vector-like quarks decaying to a top quark and a W boson in proton–proton collisions at √s=13TeV [journal article - articolo]. In THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10446/144708
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