Search for heavy vector-like quarks coupling to light quarks in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2012.03.082

Search for heavy vector-like quarks coupling to light quarks in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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

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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.

Original language	English
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	712
Issue number	1-2
Pages (from-to)	22-39
ISSN	0370-2693
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2012.03.082
Publication status	Published - 30 May 2012

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Aad, G., Dam, M., Boelaert, N. M. P., Hansen, J. B., Hansen, J. R., Hansen, P. H., Hansen, J. D., Heisterkamp, S. J. F., Jørgensen, M. D., Mehlhase, S., Klinkby, E. B., Nilsson, B. S., Petersen, T. C., Løvschall-Jensen, A. E., & Xella, S. (2012). Search for heavy vector-like quarks coupling to light quarks in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Physics Letters B, 712(1-2), 22-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2012.03.082

Aad, G, Dam, M, Boelaert, NMP, Hansen, JB , Hansen, JR , Hansen, PH , Hansen, JD, Heisterkamp, SJF, Jørgensen, MD, Mehlhase, S, Klinkby, EB, Nilsson, BS, Petersen, TC, Løvschall-Jensen, AE & Xella, S 2012, 'Search for heavy vector-like quarks coupling to light quarks in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector', Physics Letters B, vol. 712, no. 1-2, pp. 22-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2012.03.082

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