Results are presented from a search for heavy bottom-like quarks, pair-produced in pp collisions at root s = 7 TeV, undertaken with the CMS experiment at the LHC. The b' quarks are assumed to decay exclusively to tW. The b'(b') over bar -> tW(-)(t) over barW(+) process can be identified by its distinctive signatures of three leptons or two leptons of same charge, and at least one b-quark jet. Using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.9 fb(-1), observed events are compared to the standard model background predictions, and the existence of b' quarks having masses below 611 GeV/c(2) is excluded at 95% confidence level.

Search for heavy bottom-like quarks in 4.9 fb(-1) of pp collisions at root s=7 TeV / Chatrchyan, S., Khachatryan, V., Sirunyan, A.m., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Bergauer, T., Dragicevic, M., Ero, J., Fabjan, C., Friedl, M., Fruhwirth, R., Ghete, V.m., Hammer, J., Hormann, N., Hrubec, J., Jeitler, M., Kiesenhofer, W., Krammer, M., Liko, D., Mikulec, I., et al.. - In: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. - ISSN 1126-6708. - 5(2012). [10.1007/JHEP05(2012)123]

Search for heavy bottom-like quarks in 4.9 fb(-1) of pp collisions at root s=7 TeV

CREANZA, Donato Maria;De Filippis, Nicola;IASELLI, Giuseppe;MAGGI, Giorgio Pietro;MY, Salvatore;PUGLIESE, Gabriella Maria Incoronata;
2012

Abstract

Results are presented from a search for heavy bottom-like quarks, pair-produced in pp collisions at root s = 7 TeV, undertaken with the CMS experiment at the LHC. The b' quarks are assumed to decay exclusively to tW. The b'(b') over bar -> tW(-)(t) over barW(+) process can be identified by its distinctive signatures of three leptons or two leptons of same charge, and at least one b-quark jet. Using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.9 fb(-1), observed events are compared to the standard model background predictions, and the existence of b' quarks having masses below 611 GeV/c(2) is excluded at 95% confidence level.
2012
Search for heavy bottom-like quarks in 4.9 fb(-1) of pp collisions at root s=7 TeV / Chatrchyan, S., Khachatryan, V., Sirunyan, A.m., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Bergauer, T., Dragicevic, M., Ero, J., Fabjan, C., Friedl, M., Fruhwirth, R., Ghete, V.m., Hammer, J., Hormann, N., Hrubec, J., Jeitler, M., Kiesenhofer, W., Krammer, M., Liko, D., Mikulec, I., et al.. - In: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. - ISSN 1126-6708. - 5(2012). [10.1007/JHEP05(2012)123]
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