Search for a heavy gauge boson W ' in the final state with an electron and large missing transverse energy in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV


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

PHYSICS LETTERS B, vol.698, no.1, pp.21-39, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 698 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.physletb.2011.02.048
  • Journal Name: PHYSICS LETTERS B
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.21-39
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

A search for a heavy gauge boson W' has been conducted by the CMS experiment at the LHC in the decay channel with an electron and large transverse energy imbalance E-T(miss), using proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36 pb(-1). No excess above standard model expectations is seen in the transverse mass distribution of the electron-E-T(miss) system. Assuming standard-model-like couplings and decay branching fractions, a W' boson with a mass less than 1.36 TeV/c(2) is excluded at 95% confidence level. (C) 2011 CERN. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.