[PDF] Top 20 Search for vector-like charge 2/3 T quarks in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV

... Basegmez, 8 C. Beluffi, 8 ,e ...Delaere, 8 D. Favart, 8 L. Forthomme, 8 A. Giammanco, 8 ,f ...Perrini, 8 A. Pin, 8 K. Piotrzkowski, 8 A. Popov, 8 ,g ... See full document

... Erö, 2 M. Flechl, 2 M. Friedl, 2 R. Frühwirth, 2 ,b ...Hartl, 2 N. Hörmann, 2 J. Hrubec, 2 M. Jeitler, 2 ,b ...Rad, 2 B. Rahbaran, 2 H. Rohringer, ... See full document

... discovered at the CERN LHC [1–3] with its properties subsequently shown [4–7] to be consistent with those of the standard model (SM) [8– 10] Higgs boson ...result in five Higgs bosons: two ... See full document

... E T , cone from charged-particle tracks or deposits in the calorimeter within a cone  R =  ( η ) 2 + (φ) 2 = 0 ...E T , cone , where pileup is defined as additional inelastic pp ... See full document

... momentum in the event, and a fit to the invariant mass spectrum is ...limits at 95% CL are set on the cross sections for single production of vector-like Y and T quarks in ... See full document

... violation in B → K ðÞ ll decays, and the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, can be explained by the existence of leptoquarks (LQs) with large couplings to third-generation quarks and masses at ... See full document

... summarized in Table 3. If the sign of an observable at the generator level is the same as (different from) its sign in the re- constructed event, the event is classified as having the correct ... See full document

... the T quark is reconstructed in the partially merged topology, for events with the Z boson decaying into muons (left) and electrons (right), and zero (at least one) forward jets in the upper ... See full document

... tracks in the muon system that are “globally” matched to reconstructed tracks in the tracking system [20] ...p T > 45 GeV and jηj < ...p T ; they are reconstructed as “global” muons with ... See full document

... [36] in the integrated ...jets in the ...M T distribution is evaluated. In the following, the shape- dependent uncertainties are listed in decreasing order of their importance for the ... See full document

... measured in gas-ionization detectors embedded in the steel flux-return yoke outside the ...events in a fixed time interval of less than 4 µs, using information from the calorimeters and muon ... See full document

... uncertainties in JER, PER, JES, PES, FSR, in the correction factors, and in the integrated luminosity are used in the limit setting procedure as nuisance parameters and affect only the ... See full document

... Valle, 2 M. Flechl, 2 M. Friedl, 2 R. Frühwirth, 2,b ...Ghete, 2 J. Grossmann, 2 J. Hrubec, 2 M. Jeitler, 2,b ...Mikulec, 2 E. Pree, 2 N. Rad, ... See full document

... A search has been performed for vector-like quarks coupled to light quarks, produced in either single-production or pair-production processes, in ... See full document

... S. Abdullin, M. Albrow, G. Apollinari, A. Apresyan, A. Apyan, S. Banerjee, L.A.T. Bauerdick, A. Beretvas, J. Berryhill, P.C. Bhat, G. Bolla, K. Burkett, J.N. Butler, A. Canepa, G.B. Cerati, H.W.K. Cheung, F. Chlebana, M. ... See full document

... Figure 2: Comparison between the background estimate and data for the T categories: fully merged region (upper-left), partially merged region (upper right), and resolved region (lower) for events with the Z ... See full document

... detected in the pseudorapidity range |η| < ...embedded in the steel flux-return yoke outside the solenoid, and reconstructed from tracks in these detectors combined with those from the silicon ... See full document

... appear in theories beyond the standard model (SM), such as grand unifica- tion [1–3], technicolor [4], and compositeness [5, 6] ...[7]. In this model, LQs are assumed to couple to one generation of ... See full document

... for t ¯ tt ¯ t production is approximately five orders of magnitude smaller than that for t ¯ t, and t ¯ tt ¯ t production has not yet been ...Observing t ¯ tt ¯ t ... See full document

... A search is presented for the production of vector-like quark pairs, TT or YY, with electric charge of 2 / 3 (T) or − 4 / 3 (Y), in ... See full document