Search for single production of vector-like quarks decaying to a top quark and a W boson in proton-proton collisions at TeV
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79
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DOI
10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-6556-3
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EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C
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1434-6044
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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 35.9 fb−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 0.03 pb for vector-like quark masses of 700 to 2000 GeV . Mass exclusion limits up to 1660 GeV 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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Sirunyan, AM; Tumasyan, A; Adam, W; Ambrogi, F; Asilar, E; Bergauer, T; Brandstetter, J; Dragicevic, M; Eroe, J; Del Valle, AECollections
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