Title: | Search for third-generation scalar leptoquarks decaying to a top quark and a τ lepton at √s=13Te |
Authors: | Sirunyan, AM Tumasyan, A Adam, W Ambrogi, F Asilar, E Bergauer, T Brandstetter, J Brondolin, E Dragicevic, M Erö, J Del Valle, AE Flechl, M Friedl, M Frühwirth, R Ghete, VM Grossmann, J Hrubec, J Jeitler, M König, A Krammer, N Krätschmer, I Liko, D Madlener, T Mikulec, I Pree, E Rad, N Rohringer, H Schieck, J Schöfbeck, R Spanring, M Spitzbart, D Taurok, A Waltenberger, W Wittmann, J Wulz, CE Zarucki, M Chekhovsky, V Mossolov, V Gonzalez, JS De Wolf, EA Di Croce, D Janssen, X Lauwers, J Pieters, M Van De Klundert, M Van Haevermaet, H Van Mechelen, P Van Remortel, N Zeid, SA Blekman, F D Hondt, J De Bruyn, I De Clercq, J Deroover, K Flouris, G Lontkovskyi, D Lowette, S Marchesini, I Moortgat, S Moreels, L Python, Q Skovpen, K Tavernier, S Van Doninck, W Van Mulders, P Van Parijs, I Beghin, D Bilin, B Brun, H Clerbaux, B De Lentdecker, G Delannoy, H Dorney, B Fasanella, G Favart, L Goldouzian, R Grebenyuk, A Kalsi, AK Lenzi, T Luetic, J Maerschalk, T Seva, T Starling, E Velde, CV Vanlaer, P Vannerom, D Yonamine, R Zenoni, F Cornelis, T Dobur, D Fagot, A Gul, M Khvastunov, I Poyraz, D Roskas, C Trocino, D Tytgat, M Verbeke, W Vit, M Zaganidis, N |
Issue Date: | 2018 |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Citation: | European Physical Journal C, 2018, 78 (9) |
Abstract: | A search for pair production of heavy scalar leptoquarks (LQs), each decaying into a top quark and a τ lepton, is presented. The search considers final states with an electron or a muon, one or two τ leptons that decayed to hadrons, and additional jets. The data were collected in 2016 in proton–proton collisions at s=13Te with the CMS detector at the LHC, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 35.9fb-1. No evidence for pair production of LQs is found. Assuming a branching fraction of unity for the decay LQ → t τ, upper limits on the production cross section are set as a function of LQ mass, excluding masses below 900Ge at 95% confidence level. These results provide the most stringent limits to date on the production of scalar LQs that decay to a top quark and a τ lepton. |
URI: | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/16881 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6143-z |
ISSN: | 1434-6044 http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6143-z 1434-6052 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Electronic and Electrical Engineering Research Papers
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