par Chatrchyan, Serguei;Clerbaux, Barbara ;De Lentdecker, Gilles ;Gay, Arnaud ;Hreus, Tomas ;Marage, Pierre ;Thomas, Laurent ;Vander Velde, Catherine ;Vanlaer, Pascal ;Charaf, Othman ;Dero, Vincent ;Hammad, Grégory ; [et al.]
Référence Physics letters. Section B, 703, 3, page (246-266)
Publication Publié, 2011
Référence Physics letters. Section B, 703, 3, page (246-266)
Publication Publié, 2011
Article révisé par les pairs
Résumé : | A search for pair-production of first generation scalar leptoquarks is performed in the final state containing an electron, a neutrino, and at least two jets using proton-proton collision data at √s=7 TeV. The data were collected by the CMS detector at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36 pb-1. The number of observed events is in good agreement with the predictions for standard model processes. Prior CMS results in the dielectron channel are combined with this electron+neutrino search. A 95% confidence level combined lower limit is set on the mass of a first generation scalar leptoquark at 339 GeV for β=0.5, where β is the branching fraction of the leptoquark to an electron and a quark. These results represent the most stringent direct limits to date for values of β greater than 0.05. |