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Search for pair and single production of vectorlike quarks in final states with at least one Z boson decaying into a pair of electrons or muons in pp collision data collected with the ATLAS detector at √s =13 TeV

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dc.contributor.authorAaboud, M.
dc.contributor.authorAad, G.
dc.contributor.authorAbbott, B.
dc.contributor.authorAbdinov, O.
dc.contributor.authorAbeloos, B.
dc.contributor.authorAbhayasinghe, D.K.
dc.contributor.authorAbidi, S.H.
dc.contributor.authorAbouzeid, O.S.
dc.contributor.authorAbraham, N.L.
dc.contributor.authorAbramowicz, H.
dc.contributor.authorAbreu, H.
dc.contributor.authorAbulaiti, Y.
dc.contributor.authorAcharya, B.S.
dc.contributor.authorAdachi, S.
dc.contributor.authorAdamczyk, L.
dc.contributor.authorAdelman, J.
dc.contributor.authorAdersberger, M.
dc.contributor.authorAdiguzel, A.
dc.contributor.authorAdye, T.
dc.contributor.authorAffolder, A.A.
dc.contributor.authoret al.
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractA search for vectorlike quarks is presented, which targets their decay into a Z boson and a third-generation Standard Model quark. In the case of a vectorlike quark T (B) with charge +2/3e (−1/3e), the decay searched for is T→Zt (B→Zb). Data for this analysis were taken during 2015 and 2016 with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 36.1  fb−1 of pp collisions at √s=13  TeV. The final state used is characterized by the presence of b-tagged jets, as well as a Z boson with high transverse momentum, which is reconstructed from a pair of opposite-sign same-flavor leptons. Pair and single production of vectorlike quarks are both taken into account and are each searched for using optimized dileptonic exclusive and trileptonic inclusive event selections. In these selections, the high scalar sum of jet transverse momenta, the presence of high-transverse-momentum large-radius jets, as well as—in the case of the single-production selections—the presence of forward jets are used. No significant excess over the background-only hypothesis is found and exclusion limits at 95% confidence level allow masses of vectorlike quarks of mT>1030  GeV (mT>1210  GeV) and mB>1010  GeV (mB>1140  GeV) in the singlet (doublet) model. In the case of 100% branching ratio for T→Zt (B→Zb), the limits are mT>1340  GeV (mB>1220  GeV). Limits at 95% confidence level are also set on the coupling to Standard Model quarks for given vectorlike quark masses.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityM. Aaboud … D. Duvnjak … P. Jackson … J.L. Oliver … A. Petridis … A. Qureshi … A.S. Sharma … M.J. White … et al. [The ATLAS Collaboration]
dc.identifier.citationPhysical Review D, 2018; 98(11):112010-1-112010-53
dc.identifier.doi10.1103/PhysRevD.98.112010
dc.identifier.issn2470-0010
dc.identifier.issn2470-0029
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/129321
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Society
dc.relation.grantARC
dc.rightsPublished by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI. Funded by SCOAP³.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.98.112010
dc.titleSearch for pair and single production of vectorlike quarks in final states with at least one Z boson decaying into a pair of electrons or muons in pp collision data collected with the ATLAS detector at √s =13 TeV
dc.title.alternativeSearch for pair and single production of vectorlike quarks in final states with at least one Z boson decaying into a pair of electrons or muons in pp collision data collected with the ATLAS detector at root s =13 TeV
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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