In:
The European Physical Journal C, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 83, No. 8 ( 2023-08-10)
Abstract:
A search for pair-produced vector-like quarks using events with exactly one lepton ( e or $$\mu $$ μ ), at least four jets including at least one b -tagged jet, and large missing transverse momentum is presented. Data from proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of $$\sqrt{s}=$$ s = 13 $$\text {TeV}$$ TeV , recorded by the ATLAS detector at the LHC from 2015 to 2018 and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb $$^{-1}$$ - 1 , are analysed. Vector-like partners T and B of the top and bottom quarks are considered, as is a vector-like X with charge $$+5/3$$ + 5 / 3 , assuming their decay into a W , Z , or Higgs boson and a third-generation quark. No significant deviations from the Standard Model expectation are observed. Upper limits on the production cross-section of T and B quark pairs as a function of their mass are derived for various decay branching ratio scenarios. The strongest lower limits on the masses are 1.59 $$\text {TeV}$$ TeV assuming mass-degenerate vector-like quarks and branching ratios corresponding to the weak-isospin doublet model, and 1.47 $$\text {TeV}$$ TeV (1.46 $$\text {TeV}$$ TeV ) for exclusive $$T \rightarrow Zt$$ T → Z t ( $$B/X \rightarrow Wt$$ B / X → W t ) decays. In addition, lower limits on the T and B quark masses are derived for all possible branching ratios.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1434-6052
DOI:
10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11790-7
Language:
English
Publisher:
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Publication Date:
2023
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