TY - JOUR
T1 - Search for heavy vector-like quarks coupling to light quarks in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
AU - Aad, G.
AU - Dam, Mogens
AU - Boelaert, Nele Maria Philomena
AU - Hansen, Jørgen Beck
AU - Hansen, John Renner
AU - Hansen, Peter Henrik
AU - Hansen, Jørn Dines
AU - Heisterkamp, Simon Johann Franz
AU - Jørgensen, Morten Dam
AU - Mehlhase, Sascha
AU - Klinkby, Esben Bryndt
AU - Nilsson, Björn Stefan
AU - Petersen, Troels Christian
AU - Løvschall-Jensen, Ask Emil
AU - Xella, Stefania
PY - 2012/5/30
Y1 - 2012/5/30
N2 - This Letter presents a search for singly produced vector-like quarks, Q, coupling to light quarks, q. The search is sensitive to both charged current (CC) and neutral current (NC) processes, pp?Qq?Wqq ' and pp?Qq?Zqq ' with a leptonic decay of the vector gauge boson. In 1.04fb -1 of data taken in 2011 by the ATLAS experiment at a center-of-mass energy vs=7 TeV, no evidence of such heavy vector-like quarks is observed above the expected Standard Model background. Limits on the heavy vector-like quark production cross section times branching ratio as a function of mass m Q are obtained. For a coupling ?qQ=v/mQ, where v is the Higgs vacuum expectation value, 95% C.L. lower limits on the mass of a vector-like quark are set at 900 GeV and 760 GeV from CC and NC processes, respectively.
AB - This Letter presents a search for singly produced vector-like quarks, Q, coupling to light quarks, q. The search is sensitive to both charged current (CC) and neutral current (NC) processes, pp?Qq?Wqq ' and pp?Qq?Zqq ' with a leptonic decay of the vector gauge boson. In 1.04fb -1 of data taken in 2011 by the ATLAS experiment at a center-of-mass energy vs=7 TeV, no evidence of such heavy vector-like quarks is observed above the expected Standard Model background. Limits on the heavy vector-like quark production cross section times branching ratio as a function of mass m Q are obtained. For a coupling ?qQ=v/mQ, where v is the Higgs vacuum expectation value, 95% C.L. lower limits on the mass of a vector-like quark are set at 900 GeV and 760 GeV from CC and NC processes, respectively.
U2 - 10.1016/j.physletb.2012.03.082
DO - 10.1016/j.physletb.2012.03.082
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0370-2693
VL - 712
SP - 22
EP - 39
JO - Physics Letters B: Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology
JF - Physics Letters B: Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology
IS - 1-2
ER -