Search for pair production of vector-like quarks in the bW$\overline{\mathrm{b}}$W channel from proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 13 TeV

Bakhshiansohi, Hamed;Bondu, Olivier;Brochet, Sébastien;Bruno, Giacomo;CMS;et.al.
(2017) Physics Letters. Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics — Vol. B779, p. 82-106 (2017)

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  • Bakhshiansohi, HamedUCLouvain
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  • Bondu, OlivierUCLouvain
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  • Brochet, SébastienUCLouvain
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  • Caputo, ClaudioUCLouvain
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  • de Visscher, SimonUCLouvain
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  • Delcourt, MartinUCLouvain
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  • Komm, MatthiasUCLouvain
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  • Krintiras, GeorgiosUCLouvain
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  • Magitteri, AlessioUCLouvain
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  • Musich, MarcoUCLouvain
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  • Piotrzkowski, KrzysztofUCLouvain
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  • Vidal Maroño, MiguelUCLouvain
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  • Wertz, Sébastienorcid-logoUCLouvain
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Abstract
A search is presented for the production of vector-like quark pairs, T$\overline{\mathrm{T}}$or Y$\overline{\mathrm{Y}}$, with electric charge of 2/3 (T) or -4/3 (Y), in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 13 TeV. The data were collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2016 and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 35.8 fb$^{-1}$. The T and Y quarks are assumed to decay exclusively to a W boson and a b quark. The search is based on events with a single isolated electron or muon, large missing transverse momentum, and at least four jets with large transverse momenta. In the search, a kinematic reconstruction of the final state observables is performed, which would permit a signal to be detected as a narrow mass peak ($\approx$7% resolution). The observed number of events is consistent with the standard model prediction. Assuming strong pair production of the vector-like quarks and a 100% branching fraction to bW, a lower limit of 1295 GeV at 95% confidence level is set on the T and Y quark masses
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Bakhshiansohi, H., Bondu, O., Brochet, S., Bruno, G., Caputo, C., Caudron, A., de Visscher, S., Delaere, C., Delcourt, M., François, B., Giammanco, A., Jafari, A., Komm, M., Krintiras, G., Lemaitre, V., Magitteri, A., Mertens, A., Musich, M., Piotrzkowski, K., et al. (2017). Search for pair production of vector-like quarks in the bW$\overline{\mathrm{b}}$W channel from proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 13 TeV. Physics Letters. Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, B779, 82-106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2018.01.077 (Original work published 2017)