In:
Journal of High Energy Physics, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 2018, No. 8 ( 2018-08)
Abstract:
A search is presented for the pair production of heavy vector-like B quarks, primarily targeting B quark decays into a W boson and a top quark. The search is based on 36 . 1 fb −1 of pp collisions at $$ \sqrt{s}=13 $$ s = 13 TeV recorded in 2015 and 2016 with the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. Data are analysed in the lepton-plus-jets final state, characterised by a high-transverse-momentum isolated electron or muon, large missing transverse momentum, and multiple jets, of which at least one is b -tagged. No significant deviation from the Standard Model expectation is observed. The 95% confidence level lower limit on the B mass is 1350 GeV assuming a 100% branching ratio to Wt . In the SU(2) singlet scenario, the lower mass limit is 1170 GeV. The 100% branching ratio limits are found to be also applicable to heavy vector-like X production, with charge +5/3, that decay into Wt . This search is also sensitive to a heavy vector-like B quark decaying into other final states ( Zb and Hb ) and thus mass limits on B production are set as a function of the decay branching ratios.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1029-8479
DOI:
10.1007/JHEP08(2018)048
Language:
English
Publisher:
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Publication Date:
2018
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2027350-2
