Search for a third-generation leptoquark coupled to a τ lepton and a b quark through single, pair, and nonresonant production in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV

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Hayrapetyan, A. [1 ]
Tumasyan, A. [1 ]
Adam, W. [2 ]
Andrejkovic, J. W. [2 ]
Bergauer, T. [2 ]
Chatterjee, S. [2 ,61 ]
Damanakis, K. [2 ]
Dragicevic, M. [2 ]
Del Valle, A. Escalante [2 ]
Hussain, P. S. [2 ]
Jeitler, M. [2 ,206 ]
Krammer, N. [2 ]
Liko, D. [2 ]
Mikulec, I. [2 ]
Schieck, J. [2 ,206 ]
Schofbeck, R. [2 ]
Schwarz, D. [2 ]
Sonawane, M. [2 ]
Templ, S. [2 ]
Waltenberger, W. [2 ]
Wulz, C. -E. [2 ,206 ]
Darwish, M. R. [3 ,207 ]
Janssen, T. [3 ]
Van Mechelen, P. [3 ]
Bols, E. S. [4 ]
D'Hondt, J. [4 ]
Dansana, S. [4 ]
De Moor, A. [4 ]
Delcourt, M. [4 ]
El Faham, H. [4 ]
Lowette, S. [4 ]
Makarenko, I. [4 ]
Muller, D. [4 ]
Sahasransu, A. R. [4 ]
Tavernier, S. [4 ]
Tytgat, M. [4 ,6 ]
Van Putte, S. [4 ]
Vannerom, D. [4 ]
Clerbaux, B. [5 ]
De Lentdecker, G. [5 ]
Favart, L. [5 ]
Hohov, D. [5 ]
Jaramillo, J. [5 ]
Khalilzadeh, A. [5 ]
Lee, K. [5 ,107 ]
Mahdavikhorrami, M. [5 ]
Malara, A. [5 ]
Paredes, S. [5 ]
Petre, L. [5 ]
Postiau, N. [5 ]
机构
[1] Yerevan Phys Inst, Yerevan, Armenia
[2] Inst Hochenergiephys, Vienna, Austria
[3] Univ Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
[4] Vrije Univ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
[5] Univ Libre Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
[6] Univ Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
[7] Catholic Univ Louvain, Louvain, Belgium
[8] Ctr Brasileiro Pesquisas Fis, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
[9] Univ Estado Rio De Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
[10] Univ Fed ABC, Univ Estadual Paulista, Sao Paulo, Peoples R China
[11] Bulgarian Acad Sci, Inst Nucl Res & Nucl Energy, Sofia, Bulgaria
[12] Univ Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
[13] Univ Tarapaca, Inst Alta Invest, Casilla 7 D, Arica, Chile
[14] Beihang Univ, Beijing, Peoples R China
[15] Tsinghua Univ, Dept Phys, Beijing, Peoples R China
[16] Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing, Peoples R China
[17] Peking Univ, State Key Lab Nucl Phys & Technol, Beijing, Peoples R China
[18] Sun Yat Sen Univ, Guangzhou, Peoples R China
[19] Univ Sci & Technol China, Hefei, Peoples R China
[20] Fudan Univ, Key Lab Nucl Phys & Ionbeam Applicat MOE, Shanghai, Peoples R China
[21] Fudan Univ, Inst Modern Phys, Shanghai, Peoples R China
[22] Zhejiang Univ, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Peoples R China
[23] Univ Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia
[24] Univ Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
[25] Univ Split, Fac Elect Engn Mech Engn & Naval Architecture, Split, Croatia
[26] Univ Split, Fac Sci, Split, Croatia
[27] Inst Rudjer Boskov, Zagreb, Croatia
[28] Univ Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
[29] Charles Univ Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
[30] Escuela Politec Nacl, Quito, Ecuador
[31] Univ San Francisco De Quito, Quito, Ecuador
[32] Acad Sci Res & Technol Arab Republ Egypt, Egyptian Network High Energy Phys, Cairo, Egypt
[33] Fayoum Univ, Ctr High Energy Phys CHEP FU, Al Fayyum, Egypt
[34] NICPB, Tallinn, Estonia
[35] Univ Helsinki, Dept Phys, Helsinki, Finland
[36] Helsinki Inst Phys, Helsinki, Finland
[37] Lappeenranta Lahti Univ Technol, Lappeenranta, Finland
[38] Univ Paris Saclay, IRFU, CEA, Gif Sur Yvette, France
[39] Inst Polytech Paris, Ecole Polytechn, CNRS, Lab Leprince Ringuet,IN2P3, Palaiseau, France
[40] Univ Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC, UMR 7178, Strasbourg, France
[41] Inst Phys 2 Infinis Lyon IP2I, Villeurbanne, France
[42] Georgian Tech Univ, Tbilisi, Georgia
[43] Rhein Westfal TH Aachen, Phys Inst 1, Aachen, Germany
[44] Rhein Westfal TH Aachen, Phys Inst A 3, Aachen, Germany
[45] Rhein Westfal TH Aachen, Phys Inst B 3, Aachen, Germany
[46] Deutsch Elekt Synchrotron, Hamburg, Germany
[47] Univ Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
[48] Karlsruher Inst Technol, Karlsruhe, Germany
[49] NCSR Demokritos, Inst Nucl & Particle Phys INPP, Aghia Paraskevi, Greece
[50] Natl & Kapodistrian Univ Athens, Athens, Greece
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JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS | 2024年 / 05期
关键词
Beyond Standard Model; Hadron-Hadron Scattering; DECAYS;
D O I
10.1007/JHEP05(2024)311
中图分类号
O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
A search is presented for a third-generation leptoquark (LQ) coupled exclusively to a tau lepton and a b quark. The search is based on proton-proton collision data at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV recorded with the CMS detector, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb(-1). Events with tau leptons and a varying number of jets originating from b quarks are considered, targeting the single and pair production of LQs, as well as nonresonant t-channel LQ exchange. An excess is observed in the data with respect to the background expectation in the combined analysis of all search regions. For a benchmark LQ mass of 2 TeV and an LQ-b-tau coupling strength of 2.5, the excess reaches a local significance of up to 2.8 standard deviations. Upper limits at the 95% confidence level are placed on the LQ production cross section in the LQ mass range 0.5-2.3 TeV, and up to 3 TeV for t-channel LQ exchange. Leptoquarks are excluded below masses of 1.22-1.88 TeV for different LQ models and varying coupling strengths up to 2.5. The study of nonresonant tau tau production through t-channel LQ exchange allows lower limits on the LQ mass of up to 2.3 TeV to be obtained.<fig id="Figa" position="anchor"
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