Search for neutral color-octet weak-triplet scalar particles in proton-proton collisions at √s= 8TeV


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Khachatryan V., Sirunyan A., Tumasyan A., Adam W., Asilar E., Bergauer T., ...Daha Fazla

Journal of High Energy Physics, cilt.2015, sa.9, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 2015 Sayı: 9
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/jhep09(2015)201
  • Dergi Adı: Journal of High Energy Physics
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Exotics, Hadron-Hadron Scattering
  • Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Abstract: A search for pair production of neutral color-octet weak-triplet scalar particles (Θ0) is performed in processes where one Θ0 decays to a pair of b quark jets and the other to a Z boson plus a jet, with the Z boson decaying to a pair of electrons or muons. The search is performed with data collected by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb−1 of proton-proton collisions at √s = 8TeV. The number of observed events is found to be in agreement with the standard model predictions. The 95% confidence level upper limit on the product of the cross section and branching fraction is obtained as a function of the Θ0 mass. The 95% confidence level lower bounds on the Θ0 mass are found to be 623 and 426 GeV, for two different octo-triplet theoretical scenarios. These are the first direct experimental bounds on particles predicted by the octo-triplet model.