Search for tb Resonances in Proton-Proton Collisions at vs=7¿¿TeV with the ATLAS Detector

G. Aad, Mogens Dam, Jørgen Beck Hansen, Peter Henrik Hansen, Jørn Dines Hansen, John Renner Hansen, Sascha Mehlhase, Simon Johann Franz Heisterkamp, Nele Maria Philomena Boelaert, Morten Dam Jørgensen, Troels Christian Petersen, Esben Bryndt Klinkby, Björn Stefan Nilsson, Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen, Stefania Xella

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Abstract

This Letter presents a search for tb resonances in 1.04fb-1 of LHC proton-proton collision data collected by the ATLAS detector at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. Events with a lepton, missing transverse momentum, and two jets are selected and the invariant mass of the corresponding final state is reconstructed. The search exploits the shape of the tb invariant mass distribution compared to the expected standard model backgrounds. The model of a right-handed WR′ with standard model-like couplings is chosen as the benchmark model for this search. No statistically significant excess of events is observed in the data, and upper limits on the cross section times the branching ratio of WR′ resonances at 95% C.L. lie in the range of 6.1-1.0 pb for WR′ masses ranging from 0.5 to 2.0 TeV. These limits are translated into a lower bound on the allowed right-handed WR′ mass, giving m WR′>1.13TeV at 95% C.L.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftPhysical Review Letters
Vol/bind109
Udgave nummer8
Sider (fra-til)081801
ISSN0031-9007
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 21 aug. 2012

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