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Abstract: A search is presented for single production of heavy vector-like quarks (B) that decay to a Higgs boson and a b quark, with the Higgs boson decaying to a highly boosted b b ¯ pair reconstructed as a single collimated jet. The analysis is based on data collected by the CMS experiment in proton-proton collisions at s=13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb?1. The data are consistent with background expectations, and upper limits at 95% confidence level on the product of the B quark cross section and the branching fraction are obtained in the range 1.28?0.07 pb, for a narrow B quark with a mass between 700 and 1800 GeV. The production of B quarks with widths of 10, 20 and 30% of the resonance mass is also considered, and the sensitivities obtained are similar to those achieved in the narrow width case. This is the first search at the CERN LHC for the single production of a B quark through its fully hadronic decay channel, and the first study considering finite resonance widths of the B quark.
Fuente: Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol. 2018, Num. 06, Art. Num. 031
Publisher: Springer Verlag
Publication date: 05/06/2018
No. of pages: 41
Publication type: Article
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP06(2018)031
ISSN: 1126-6708,1029-8479
Publication Url: https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2018)031
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SIRUNYAN, A. M.
JOSE IBAN CABRILLO BARTOLOME
ALICIA CALDERON TAZON
BARBARA CHAZIN QUERO
JORGE DUARTE CAMPDERROS
MARCOS FERNANDEZ GARCIA
PEDRO JOSE FERNANDEZ MANTECA
JUAN GARCIA FERRERO
ANDREA GARCIA ALONSO
GERVASIO GOMEZ GRAMUGLIO
MARIA AMPARO LOPEZ VIRTO
JESUS MARCO DE LUCAS
CELSO MARTINEZ RIVERO
PABLO MARTINEZ RUIZ DEL ARBOL
FRANCISCO MATORRAS WEINIG
JONATAN PIEDRA GOMEZ
CEDRIC GERALD PRIEELS
MARIA TERESA RODRIGO ANORO
ALBERTO RUIZ JIMENO
LUCA SCODELLARO
NICOLO TREVISANI
IVAN VILA ALVAREZ
ROCIO VILAR CORTABITARTE
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