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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Main Authors:	Sirunyan, A. M., Tumasyan, A. R., Adam, Wolfgang, Asilar, Ece, Bergauer, Thomas, Md. Ali, Mohd. Adli
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spelling	iium-631192019-08-29T08:42:09Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/63119/ 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 Sirunyan, A. M. Tumasyan, A. R. Adam, Wolfgang Asilar, Ece Bergauer, Thomas Md. Ali, Mohd. Adli Q Science (General) QC Physics 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. Springer Verlag 2017-05-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/63119/1/63119_Search%20for%20single%20production%20of%20vector-like%20quarks_article.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/63119/2/63119_Search%20for%20single%20production%20of%20vector-like%20quarks_scopus.pdf Sirunyan, A. M. and Tumasyan, A. R. and Adam, Wolfgang and Asilar, Ece and Bergauer, Thomas and Md. Ali, Mohd. Adli (2017) 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. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017 (5). pp. 1-36. ISSN 11266708 E-ISSN 1029-8479 https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2FJHEP05%282017%29029.pdf 10.1007/JHEP05(2017)029
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spellingShingle	Q Science (General) QC Physics Sirunyan, A. M. Tumasyan, A. R. Adam, Wolfgang Asilar, Ece Bergauer, Thomas Md. Ali, Mohd. Adli 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
description	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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author	Sirunyan, A. M. Tumasyan, A. R. Adam, Wolfgang Asilar, Ece Bergauer, Thomas Md. Ali, Mohd. Adli
author_facet	Sirunyan, A. M. Tumasyan, A. R. Adam, Wolfgang Asilar, Ece Bergauer, Thomas Md. Ali, Mohd. Adli
author_sort	Sirunyan, A. M.
title	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
title_short	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
title_full	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
title_fullStr	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
title_full_unstemmed	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
title_sort	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
publisher	Springer Verlag
publishDate	2017
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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

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