Search for a heavy bottom-like quark in pp collisions at √s=7 TeV
Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, vol.701, no.2, pp.204-223, 2011 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 701 Issue: 2
- Publication Date: 2011
- Doi Number: 10.1016/j.physletb.2011.05.074
- Journal Name: Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.204-223
- Keywords: CMS, Exotica, Physics
- Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
A search for pair-produced bottom-like quarks in pp collisions at √s=7 TeV is conducted with the CMS experiment at the LHC. The decay b'→tW is considered in this search. The b'b'→t∥W-t̄W+ process can be identified by the distinctive signature of trileptons and same-sign dileptons. With a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 34 pb-1, no excess above the standard model background predictions is observed and a b' quark with a mass between 255 and 361 GeV/c2 is excluded at the 95% confidence level. © 2011 CERN.