Search for single production of vector-like quarks decaying to a Z boson and a top or a bottom quark in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV
A search for single production of vector-like quarks, T and B, decaying into a Z boson and a top or a bottom quark, respectively, is presented. The search is performed using data collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC in proton-proton collisions at √ s = 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrate...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English English |
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Springer Verlag
2017
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| Summary: | A search for single production of vector-like quarks, T and B, decaying into a
Z boson and a top or a bottom quark, respectively, is presented. The search is performed
using data collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC in proton-proton collisions at
√
s = 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.3 fb−1
. An exotic T quark
production mode through the decay of a heavy Z0
resonance is also considered. The search
is performed in events with a Z boson decaying leptonically, accompanied by a bottom or a
top quark decaying hadronically. No excess of events is observed over the standard model
background expectation. Products of production cross section and branching fraction for
T and B quarks from 1.26 and 0.13 pb are excluded at 95% confidence level for the range
of resonance mass considered, which is between 0.7 and 1.7 TeV. Limits on the product of
the Z0 boson production cross section and branching fraction, with the Z0 boson decaying
to the Tt final state, are set between 0.31 and 0.13 pb, for Z0 boson masses in the range
from 1.5 to 2.5 TeV. This is the first search at 13 TeV for single production of vector-like
quarks in events with a Z boson decaying leptonically accompanied by boosted jets. |
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