Bibcode
Khachatryan, V.; Sirunyan, A. M.; Tumasyan, A.; Adam, W.; Asilar, E.; Bergauer, T.; Brandstetter, J.; Brondolin, E.; Dragicevic, M.; Erö, J.; Flechl, M.; Friedl, M.; Frühwirth, R.; Ghete, V. M.; Hartl, C.; Hörmann, N.; Hrubec, J.; Jeitler, M.; König, A.; Krätschmer, I.; Liko, D.; Matsushita, T.; Mikulec, I.; Rabady, D.; Rad, N.; Rahbaran, B.; Rohringer, H.; Schieck, J.; Strauss, J.; Waltenberger, W.; Wulz, C.-E.; Dvornikov, O.; Makarenko, V.; Zykunov, V.; Mossolov, V.; Shumeiko, N.; Suarez Gonzalez, J.; Alderweireldt, S.; De Wolf, E. A.; Janssen, X.; Lauwers, J.; Van De Klundert, M.; Van Haevermaet, H.; Van Mechelen, P.; Van Remortel, N.; Van Spilbeeck, A.; Abu Zeid, S.; Blekman, F.; D'Hondt, J.; Daci, N.; De Bruyn, I.; Deroover, K.; Lowette, S.; Moortgat, S.; Moreels, L.; Olbrechts, A.; Python, Q.; Tavernier, S.; Van Doninck, W.; Van Mulders, P.; Van Parijs, I.; Brun, H.; Clerbaux, B.; De Lentdecker, G.; Delannoy, H.; Fasanella, G.; Favart, L.; Goldouzian, R.; Grebenyuk, A.; Karapostoli, G.; Lenzi, T.; Léonard, A.; Luetic, J.; Maerschalk, T.; Marinov, A.; Randle-conde, A.; Seva, T.; Vander Velde, C.; Vanlaer, P.; Vannerom, D.; Yonamine, R.; Zenoni, F.; Zhang, F.; Cimmino, A.; Cornelis, T.; Dobur, D.; Fagot, A.; Garcia, G.; Gul, M.; Khvastunov, I.; Poyraz, D.; Salva, S.; Schöfbeck, R.; Sharma, A.; Tytgat, M.; Van Driessche, W.; Yazgan, E.; Zaganidis, N.; Bakhshiansohi, H.; Beluffi, C. et al.
Referencia bibliográfica
Physics Letters B, Volume 771, p. 80-105.
Fecha de publicación:
8
2017
Número de citas
8
Número de citas referidas
8
Descripción
A search for single production of vector-like top quark partners (T)
decaying into a Higgs boson and a top quark is performed using data from
pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV collected by the CMS
experiment at the CERN LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of
2.3 fb-1. The top quark decay includes an electron or a muon
while the Higgs boson decays into a pair of b quarks. No significant
excess over standard model backgrounds is observed. Exclusion limits on
the product of the production cross section and the branching fraction
are derived in the T quark mass range 700 to 1800 GeV. For a mass of
1000 GeV, values of the product of the production cross section and the
branching fraction greater than 0.8 and 0.7 pb are excluded at 95%
confidence level, assuming left- and right-handed coupling of the T
quark to standard model particles, respectively. This is the first
analysis setting exclusion limits on the cross section of singly
produced vector-like T quarks at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV.