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Search for tb Resonances in Proton-Proton Collisions at root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS Detector

NázevTitle
Search for tb Resonances in Proton-Proton Collisions at root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS DetectorSearch for tb Resonances in Proton-Proton Collisions at root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS Detector
Druh výsledkuResult type
Článek v časopiseJournal article
AutořiAuthors
G. Aad, B. Abbott, J. Abdallah, S. Abdel Khalek, A. A. Abdelalim, K. Augsten, T. Holý, T. Horažďovský, Z. Hubáček, J. Jakůbek, Z. Kohout, V. Král, F. Krejčí, S. Pospíšil, V. Šimák, T. Slavíček, K. Smolek, J. Sodomka, M. Solar, J. Šolc, B. Sopko, V. Sopko, I. Štekl, D. Tureček, V. Vacek, M. Vlasák, P. Vokáč
DOIDOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.081801
Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
Physical Review Letters. 2012, 109(8), 081801-1-081801-19. ISSN 0031-9007.
RokYear
2012
JazykLanguage
eng
WoSWoS
000307712400003
ScopusScopus
2-s2.0-84865277349
RIVRIV
RIV/68407700:21220/12:00202640!RIV13-MSM-21220___
ProjektProject
Mezinárodní experiment ATLAS-CERNInternational Experiment ATLAS-CERN; Matematické, počítačové a experimentální metody ve fyziceMathematical, Computer and Experimental Methods in Physics; Fundamentální experimenty ve fyzice mikrosvětaFundamental Experiments in Physics of Microworld; Centrum částicové fyzikyCenter for Particle Physics; Mezinárodní experiment ATLAS-CERNInternational Experiment ATLAS-CERN; Matematické, počítačové a experimentální metody ve fyziceMathematical, Computer and Experimental Methods in Physics

AbstraktAbstract

This Letter presents a search for tb resonances in 1.04 fb(-1) of LHC proton-proton collision data collected by the ATLAS detector at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. Events with a lepton, missing transverse momentum, and two jets are selected and the invariant mass of the corresponding final state is reconstructed. The search exploits the shape of the tb invariant mass distribution compared to the expected standard model backgrounds. The model of a right-handed W'(R) with standard model-like couplings is chosen as the benchmark model for this search. No statistically significant excess of events is observed in the data, and upper limits on the cross section times the branching ratio of W'(R) resonances at 95% C.L. lie in the range of 6.1-1.0 pb for W'(R) masses ranging from 0.5 to 2.0 TeV. These limits are translated into a lower bound on the allowed right-handed W'(R) mass, giving mW'(R) > 1.13 TeV at 95% C.L.

This Letter presents a search for tb resonances in 1.04 fb(-1) of LHC proton-proton collision data collected by the ATLAS detector at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. Events with a lepton, missing transverse momentum, and two jets are selected and the invariant mass of the corresponding final state is reconstructed. The search exploits the shape of the tb invariant mass distribution compared to the expected standard model backgrounds. The model of a right-handed W'(R) with standard model-like couplings is chosen as the benchmark model for this search. No statistically significant excess of events is observed in the data, and upper limits on the cross section times the branching ratio of W'(R) resonances at 95% C.L. lie in the range of 6.1-1.0 pb for W'(R) masses ranging from 0.5 to 2.0 TeV. These limits are translated into a lower bound on the allowed right-handed W'(R) mass, giving mW'(R) > 1.13 TeV at 95% C.L.