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Search for single production of vector-like quarks decaying to a top quark and a W boson in proton–proton collisions at √s=13TeV

par Sirunyan, A.M.;Beghin, Diego ;Bilin, Bugra ;Brun, Hugues ;Clerbaux, Barbara ;De Lentdecker, Gilles ;Delannoy, Hugo ;Dorney, Brian ;Fasanella, Giuseppe ;Favart, Laurent ;Goldouzian, Reza ;Grebenyuk, Anastasia ;Kalsi, Amandeep Kaur ;Lenzi, Thomas ;Luetic, Jelena ;Postiau, Nicolas ;Starling, Elizabeth Rose ;Thomas, Laurent ;Vander Velde, Catherine ;Vanlaer, Pascal ;Vannerom, David ;Wang, Qun ; [et al.]
Référence European Physical Journal C. Particles and Fields, 79, 2, 90
Publication Publié, 2019-02-01

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A search is presented for the single production of vector-like quarks in proton–proton collisions at s=13TeV. The data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9fb-1, were recorded with the CMS experiment at the LHC. The analysis focuses on the vector-like quark decay into a top quark and a W boson, with one muon or electron in the final state. The mass of the vector-like quark candidate is reconstructed from hadronic jets, the lepton, and the missing transverse momentum. Methods for the identification of b quarks and of highly Lorentz boosted hadronically decaying top quarks and W bosons are exploited in this search. No significant deviation from the standard model background expectation is observed. Exclusion limits at 95% confidence level are set on the product of the production cross section and branching fraction as a function of the vector-like quark mass, which range from 0.3 to 0.03pb for vector-like quark masses of 700 to 2000GeV. Mass exclusion limits up to 1660GeV are obtained, depending on the vector-like quark type, coupling, and decay width. These represent the most stringent exclusion limits for the single production of vector-like quarks in this channel.