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Search for W′→ tb → qqbb decays in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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A search for a massive W′ gauge boson decaying to a top quark and a bottom quark is performed with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at the LHC. The dataset was taken at a centre-of-mass energy of s√=8 TeV and corresponds to 20.3 fb −1 of integrated luminosity. This analysis is done in the hadroni...

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Main Authors: Aad, Georges (Author) , Anders, Christoph (Author) , Andrei, George Victor (Author) , Baas, Alessandra Edda (Author) , Brandt, Oleg (Author) , Dunford, Monica (Author) , Hanke, Paul (Author) , Jongmanns, Jan (Author) , Kluge, Eike-Erik (Author) , Kugel, Andreas (Author) , Lang, Valerie (Author) , Meier, Karlheinz (Author) , Schätzel, Sebastian (Author) , Scharf, Veit (Author) , Schmitt, Sebastian (Author) , Schöning, André (Author) , Schultz-Coulon, Hans-Christian (Author) , Stamen, Rainer (Author) , Wessels, Martin (Author)
Corporate Author: ATLAS Collaboration (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 24 April 2015
In: The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Year: 2015, Volume: 75, Issue: 4, Pages: 1-23
ISSN:1434-6052
DOI:10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3372-2
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3372-2
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Summary:A search for a massive W′ gauge boson decaying to a top quark and a bottom quark is performed with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at the LHC. The dataset was taken at a centre-of-mass energy of s√=8 TeV and corresponds to 20.3 fb −1 of integrated luminosity. This analysis is done in the hadronic decay mode of the top quark, where novel jet substructure techniques are used to identify jets from high-momentum top quarks. This allows for a search for high-mass W′ bosons in the range 1.5–3.0 TeV. b-tagging is used to identify jets originating from b-quarks. The data are consistent with Standard Model background-only expectations, and upper limits at 95 % confidence level are set on the W′→tb cross section times branching ratio ranging from 0.16pb to 0.33pb for left-handed W′ bosons, and ranging from 0.10pb to 0.21pb for W′ bosons with purely right-handed couplings. Upper limits at 95 % confidence level are set on the W′-boson coupling to tb as a function of the W′ mass using an effective field theory approach, which is independent of details of particular models predicting a W′ boson.
Item Description:*ATLAS Collaboration: G. Aad, C.F. Anders, V. Andrei, A. Baas, O. Brandt, M. Dunford, P. Hanke, J. Jongmanns, E.-E. Kluge, A. Kugel, V. Lang, K. Meier, S. Schaetzel, V. Scharf, S. Schmitt, A. Schoening, H.-C. Schultz-Coulon, R. Stamen, M. Wessels [und 2873 weitere Personen]
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ISSN:1434-6052
DOI:10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3372-2

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