A search for pair production of heavy scalar leptoquarks (LQs), each decaying into a top quark and a τ lepton, is presented. The search considers final states with an electron or a muon, one or two τ leptons that decayed to hadrons, and additional jets. The data were collected in 2016 in proton–proton collisions at s=13Te with the CMS detector at the LHC, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 35.9fb-1. No evidence for pair production of LQs is found. Assuming a branching fraction of unity for the decay LQ → t τ, upper limits on the production cross section are set as a function of LQ mass, excluding masses below 900Ge at 95% confidence level. These results provide the most stringent limits to date on the production of scalar LQs that decay to a top quark and a τ lepton.

Search for third-generation scalar leptoquarks decaying to a top quark and a τ lepton at √s=13Te / Sirunyan, A.M., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Ambrogi, F., Asilar, E., Bergauer, T., Brandstetter, J., Brondolin, E., Dragicevic, M., Ero, J., Del Valle, A.E., Flechl, M., Friedl, M., Fruhwirth, R., Ghete, V.M., Grossmann, J., Hrubec, J., Jeitler, M., Konig, A., Krammer, N., et al.. - In: THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS. - ISSN 1434-6044. - 78:9(2018), p. 707.707. [10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6143-z]

Search for third-generation scalar leptoquarks decaying to a top quark and a τ lepton at √s=13Te

Creanza D.;De Filippis N.;Iaselli G.;Pugliese G.;
2018

Abstract

A search for pair production of heavy scalar leptoquarks (LQs), each decaying into a top quark and a τ lepton, is presented. The search considers final states with an electron or a muon, one or two τ leptons that decayed to hadrons, and additional jets. The data were collected in 2016 in proton–proton collisions at s=13Te with the CMS detector at the LHC, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 35.9fb-1. No evidence for pair production of LQs is found. Assuming a branching fraction of unity for the decay LQ → t τ, upper limits on the production cross section are set as a function of LQ mass, excluding masses below 900Ge at 95% confidence level. These results provide the most stringent limits to date on the production of scalar LQs that decay to a top quark and a τ lepton.
2018
Search for third-generation scalar leptoquarks decaying to a top quark and a τ lepton at √s=13Te / Sirunyan, A.M., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Ambrogi, F., Asilar, E., Bergauer, T., Brandstetter, J., Brondolin, E., Dragicevic, M., Ero, J., Del Valle, A.E., Flechl, M., Friedl, M., Fruhwirth, R., Ghete, V.M., Grossmann, J., Hrubec, J., Jeitler, M., Konig, A., Krammer, N., et al.. - In: THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS. - ISSN 1434-6044. - 78:9(2018), p. 707.707. [10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6143-z]
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