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Title: | Search for resonances in the mass spectrum of muon pairs produced in association with b quark jets in proton-proton collisions at √s=8 and 13 TeV |
Authors: | Sirunyan, AM Tumasyan, A Adam, W Ambrogi, F Asilar, E Bergauer, T Brandstetter, J Dragicevic, M Erö, J Escalante Del Valle, A Flechl, M Frühwirth, R Ghete, VM Hrubec, J Jeitler, M Krammer, N Krätschmer, I Liko, D Madlener, T Mikulec, I 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 Suarez Gonzalez, J De Wolf, EA Di Croce, D Janssen, X Lauwers, J Pieters, M Van Haevermaet, H Van Mechelen, P Van Remortel, N Abu Zeid, S 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 Postiau, N Starling, E Thomas, L Vander Velde, C Vanlaer, P Vannerom, D Wang, Q Cornelis, T Dobur, D Fagot, A Gul, M Khvastunov, I Poyraz, D Roskas, C Trocino, D Tytgat, M Verbeke, W Vermassen, B Vit, M Zaganidis, N Bakhshiansohi, H |
Keywords: | Beyond Standard Model;Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments);Higgs physics |
Issue Date: | 2018 |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Citation: | Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018, 2018 (11) |
Abstract: | © 2018, The Author(s). A search for resonances in the mass range 12–70 GeV produced in association with a b quark jet and a second jet, and decaying to a muon pair, is reported. The analysis is based on data from proton-proton collisions at center-of-mass energies of 8 and 13 TeV, collected with the CMS detector at the LHC and corresponding to integrated luminosities of 19.7 and 35.9 fb−1, respectively. The search is carried out in two mutually exclusive event categories. Events in the first category are required to have a b quark jet in the central region (|η| ≤ 2.4) and at least one jet in the forward region (|η| > 2.4). Events in the second category are required to have two jets in the central region, at least one of which is identified as a b quark jet, no jets in the forward region, and low missing transverse momentum. An excess of events above the background near a dimuon mass of 28 GeV is observed in the 8 TeV data, corresponding to local significances of 4.2 and 2.9 standard deviations for the first and second event categories, respectively. A similar analysis conducted with the 13 TeV data results in a mild excess over the background in the first event category corresponding to a local significance of 2.0 standard deviations, while the second category results in a 1.4 standard deviation deficit. The fiducial cross section measurements and 95% confidence level upper limits on those for a resonance consistent with the 8 TeV excess are provided at both collision energies.[Figure not available: see fulltext.]. |
URI: | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/17323 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2018)161 |
ISSN: | 1126-6708 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2018)161 1029-8479 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2018)161 1029-8479 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Electronic and Electrical Engineering Research Papers |
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