Search for third-generation scalar leptoquarks decaying to a top quark and a 𝜏 lepton at √s=13TeV
Abstract
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√=13TeV with the CMS detector at the LHC, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 35.9fb−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 900GeV 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. Show more
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https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000287960Publication status
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The European Physical Journal CVolume
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SpringerOrganisational unit
03593 - Dissertori, Günther / Dissertori, Günther
03904 - Wallny, Rainer / Wallny, Rainer
08803 - Grab, Christoph (Tit.Prof.)
09631 - Shchutska, Lesya (ehemalig) / Shchutska, Lesya (former)
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