Search for third-generation scalar leptoquarks decaying to a top quark and a tau lepton at root s=13 TeV
A search for pair production of heavy scalar leptoquarks (LQs), each decaying into a top quark and a τ lepton, is presented. The search considers final states with an electron or a muon, one or two τ leptons that decayed to hadrons, and additional jets. The data were collected in 2016 in proton–p...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English English |
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Springer Link
2018
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/70515/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/70515/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/70515/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/70515/1/70515_Search%20for%20third-generation%20scalar%20leptoquarks_article.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/70515/7/70515_Search%20for%20third-generation%20scalar%20leptoquarks%20decaying_scopus.pdf |
| Summary: | A search for pair production of heavy scalar leptoquarks (LQs), each decaying into a top quark and a τ lepton, is presented. The search considers final states with an
electron or a muon, one or two τ leptons that decayed to
hadrons, and additional jets. The data were collected in 2016
in proton–proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the CMS
detector at the LHC, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1. No evidence for pair production of LQs is
found. Assuming a branching fraction of unity for the decay
LQ → tτ , upper limits on the production cross section are set
as a function of LQ mass, excluding masses below 900 GeV
at 95% confidence level. These results provide the most stringent limits to date on the production of scalar LQs that decay
to a top quark and a τ lepton. |
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