Search for pair production of scalar and vector leptoquarks decaying to muons and bottom quarks in proton-proton collisions at √<i>s</i>=13 TeV

Pellecchia, Antonello; Tumasyan, A.; Adam, W.; Andrejkovic, J. W.; Bergauer, T.; Chatterjee, S.; Damanakis, K.; Dragicevic, M.; Hussain, P. S.; Jeitler, Manfred; Krammer, N.; Li, A.; Liko, D.; Mikulec, I.; Schieck, J.; Schoefbeck, R.; Schwarz, D.; Sonawane, M.; Templ, S.; Waltenberger, Wolfgang; Widl, Edmund; Darwish, M. R.; Janssen, T.; Van Mechelen, P.; Bols, E. S.; D'Hondt, J.; Dansana, S.; de Moor, A.; Delcourt, M.; El Faham, H.; Lowette, Steven; Muller, D.; Sahasransu, A. R.; Tavernier, S.; Van Doninck, W.; Van Putte, S.; Vannerom, D.; Clerbaux, B.; De Lentdecker, G.; Favart, L.; Hohov, D.; Jaramillo, J.; Khalilzadeh, A.; Lee, K.; Mahdavikhorrami, M.; Malara, A.; Paredes, S.; Petre, L.; Postiau, N.; Thomas, L.; Vanden Bemden, M.; Vander Velde, C.; Vanlaer, P.; De Coen, M.; Dobur, D.; Hong, Y.; Knolle, J.; Lambrecht, L.; Mestdach, G.; Rendon, C.; Samalan, A.; Skovpen, Kirill; Van den Bossche, Nathan; Van der Linden, J.; Wezenbeek, L.; Benecke, A.; Bethani, A.; Bruno, G.; Caputo, C.; Delaere, C.; Donertas, I. S.; Giammanco, Andrea; Jaffel, K.; Jain, Shikha; Lemaitre, V.; liu, wenli; Mastrapasqua, P.; Mondal, K.; Tran, T. T.; Wertz, S.; Alves, G. A.; Coelho, E.; Hensel, C.; De Oliveira, T. Menezes; Amorim, Antonio; Rebello Teles, P.; Soeiro, M.; Alda Junior, W. L.; Alves Gallo Pereira, M.; Ferreira Filho, M. Barroso; Malbouisson, H.; Carvalho, W.; Chinellato, Jose Augusto A; Da Costa, E. M.; Da Silveira, G. G.; De Jesus Damiao, D.; Fonseca De Souza, S.; Gomes De Souza, R.; Martins, J.; Herrera, Maria Clemencia Mora; et al.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.109.112003

research article

Search for pair production of scalar and vector leptoquarks decaying to muons and bottom quarks in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV

Pellecchia, Antonello

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Tumasyan, A.

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Adam, W.

June 4, 2024

Physical Review D

A search for pair production of scalar and vector leptoquarks (LQs) each decaying to a muon and a bottom quark is performed using proton-proton collision data collected at root s = 13 TeV with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb(-1). No excess above standard model expectation is observed. Scalar (vector) LQs with masses less than 1810 (2120) GeV are excluded at 95% confidence level, assuming a 100% branching fraction of the LQ decaying to a muon and a bottom quark. These limits represent the most stringent to date.