Search for single b*-quark production with the ATLAS detector at root s=7 TeV

2013
Authors
Aad, G.
Borjanovic, I.
Božović-Jelisavčić, Ivanka

Ćirković, Predrag

Agatonović-Jovin, Tatjana

Krstić, Jelena
Mamužić, Judita

Milutinović-Dumbelović, Gordana
Popovic, D. S.
Sijacki, Dj
Simic, Lj
Vranjes, N.

Vranješ Milosavljević, Marija

Zivkovic, L.
ATLAS Collaboration (ukupan broj autora: 2906)
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The results of a search for an excited bottom-quark b* in pp collisions at root s = 7 TeV, using 4.7 fb(-1) of data collected by the ATLAS detector at the LHC are presented. In the model studied, a single b*-quark is produced through a chromomagnetic interaction and subsequently decays to a W boson and a top quark. The search is performed in the dilepton and lepton + jets final states, which are combined to set limits on b*-quark couplings for a range of b*-quark masses. For a benchmark with unit size chromomagnetic and Standard Model-like electroweak b* couplings, b* quarks with masses less than 870 GeV are excluded at the 95% credibility level. (C) 2013 CERN. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Keywords:
ATLAS / b* / Single top-quark / Excited quarkSource:
Physics Letters B, 2013, 721, 4-5, 171-189Projects:
- ANPCyT, Argentina, YerPhI, Armenia, ARC, Australia, BMWF, Austria, FWF, Austria, ANAS, Azerbaijan, SSTC, Belarus, CNPq, Brazil, FAPESP, Brazil, NSERC, Canada, NRC, Canada, CFI, Canada, CERN, CONICYT, Chile, CAS, China, MOST, China, NSFC, China, COLCIENCIAS, Colombia, MSMT CR, Czech Republic, MPO CR, Czech Republic, VSC CR, Czech Republic, DNRF, Denmark, DNSRC, Denmark, Lundbeck Foundation, Denmark, EPLANET, ERC, NSRF, European Union, IN2P3-CNRS, France, CEA-DSM/IRFU, France, GNSF, Georgia, BMBF, Germany, DFG, Germany, HGF, Germany, MPG, Germany, AvH Foundation, Germany, GSRT, Greece, NSRF, Greece, ISF, Israel, MINERVA, Israel, GIF, Israel, DIP, Israel, Benoziyo Center, Israel, INFN, Italy, MEXT, Japan, JSPS, Japan, CNRST, Morocco, FOM, Netherlands, NWO, Netherlands, BRF, Norway, RCN, Norway, MNiSW, Poland, GRICES, Portugal, FCT, Portugal, MERYS (MECTS), Romania, MES of Russia, ROSATOM, Russian Federation, JINR, MSTD, Serbia, MSSR, Slovakia, ARRS, Slovenia, MVZT, Slovenia, DST/NRF, South Africa, MICINN, Spain, SRC, Sweden, Wallenberg Foundation, Sweden, SER, Switzerland, SNSF, Switzerland, Cantons of Bern, Switzerland, Geneva, Switzerland, NSC, Taiwan, TAEK, Turkey, STFC, United Kingdom, Royal Society and Leverhulme Trust, United Kingdom, DOE, United States of America, NSF, United States of America, ICREA
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2013.03.016
ISSN: 0370-2693 (print); 1873-2445 (electronic)