TY - JOUR
T1 - Search for tb Resonances in Proton-Proton Collisions at vs=7¿¿TeV with the ATLAS Detector
AU - Aad, G.
AU - Dam, Mogens
AU - Hansen, Jørgen Beck
AU - Hansen, Peter Henrik
AU - Hansen, Jørn Dines
AU - Hansen, John Renner
AU - Mehlhase, Sascha
AU - Heisterkamp, Simon Johann Franz
AU - Boelaert, Nele Maria Philomena
AU - Jørgensen, Morten Dam
AU - Petersen, Troels Christian
AU - Klinkby, Esben Bryndt
AU - Nilsson, Björn Stefan
AU - Løvschall-Jensen, Ask Emil
AU - Xella, Stefania
PY - 2012/8/21
Y1 - 2012/8/21
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.081801
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.081801
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 23002739
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 109
SP - 081801
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 8
ER -