Search for a heavy bottom-like quark in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV


Chatrchyan S., Khachatryan V., Sirunyan A. M., Tumasyan A., Adam W., Bergauer T., ...More

PHYSICS LETTERS B, vol.701, no.2, pp.204-223, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 701 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.physletb.2011.05.074
  • Journal Name: PHYSICS LETTERS B
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.204-223
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

A search for pair-produced bottom-like quarks in pp collisions at root s = 7 TeV is conducted with the CMS experiment at the LHC. The decay b' -> tW is considered in this search. The b'(b) over bar' tW-(t) over barW(+) process can be identified by the distinctive signature of trileptons and same-sign dileptons. With a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 34 pb(-1), no excess above the standard model background predictions is observed and a b' quark with a mass between 255 and 361 GeV/c(2) is excluded at the 95% confidence level. (C) 2011 CERN. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.