Search for excited quarks in the photon+jet final state in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV
(2014) Physics Letters. Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics — Vol. B738, p. 274-293 (2014)
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- A search for excited quarks decaying into the photon+jet final state is presented. The analysis is based on data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 inverse femtobarns collected by the CMS experiment in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV at the LHC. Events with photons and jets with high transverse momenta are selected and the photon+jet invariant mass distribution is studied to search for a resonance peak. The 95% confidence level upper limits on the product of cross section and branching fraction are evaluated as a function of the excited quark mass. Limits on excited quarks are presented as a function of their mass and coupling strength; masses below 3.5 TeV are excluded at 95% confidence level for unit couplings to their standard model partners.
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CMS Collaboration, Basegmez, S., Beluffi, C., Bruno, G., Castello, R., Caudron, A., Ceard, L., Da Silveira, G. G., Delaere, C., Du Pree, T., Favart, D., Forthomme, L., Giammanco, A., Hollar, J., Jez, P., Komm, M., Lemaitre, V., Liao, J., Nuttens, C., et al. (2014). Search for excited quarks in the photon+jet final state in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV. Physics Letters. Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, B738, 274-293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2014.09.048 (Original work published 2014)