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Search for pair production of third-generation leptoquarks and top squarks in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV

dc.contributor.authorCMS collaboration (2199 authors)
dc.contributor.authorHollar, Jonathan
dc.contributor.authorNayak, Aruna
dc.contributor.authorAlmeida, Nuno
dc.contributor.authorBargassa, Pedrame
dc.contributor.authorDavid Tinoco Mendes, Andre
dc.contributor.authorFaccioli, Pietro
dc.contributor.authorFerreira Parracho, Pedro Guilherme
dc.contributor.authorGallinaro, Michele
dc.contributor.authorSeixas, Joao
dc.contributor.authorVarela, Joao
dc.contributor.authorVischia, Pietro
dc.contributor.authorLloret Iglesias, Lara
dc.contributor.authorMusella, Pasquale
dc.contributor.authorRodrigues Antunes, Joao
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorPela, Joao
dc.contributor.authorLeonardo, Nuno
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-03T21:34:29Z
dc.date.available2019-02-03T21:34:29Z
dc.date.issued2013-02-20
dc.date.updated2019-02-03T21:34:29Z
dc.description.abstractResults are presented from a search for the pair production of third-generation scalar and vector leptoquarks, as well as for top squarks in R-parity-violating supersymmetric models. In either scenario, the new, heavy particle decays into a tau lepton and a b quark. The search is based on a data sample of pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV, which is collected by the CMS detector at the LHC and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 4.8 inverse femtobarns. The number of observed events is found to be in agreement with the standard model prediction, and exclusion limits on mass parameters are obtained at the 95% confidence level. Vector leptoquarks with masses below 760 GeV are excluded and, if the branching fraction of the scalar leptoquark decay to a tau lepton and a b quark is assumed to be unity, third-generation scalar leptoquarks with masses below 525 GeV are ruled out. Top squarks with masses below 453 GeV are excluded for a typical benchmark scenario, and limits on the coupling between the top squark, tau lepton, and b quark, lambda'[333] are obtained. These results are the most stringent for these scenarios to date.
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewed
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.Lett. 110 (2013) 081801; DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.081801
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.081801
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/26306
dc.language.isoeng
dc.titleSearch for pair production of third-generation leptoquarks and top squarks in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV
dc.typejournal article
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