Abstract
Abstract: A search for pair production of neutral color-octet weak-triplet scalar particles (Θ0) is performed in processes where one Θ0 decays to a pair of b quark jets and the other to a Z boson plus a jet, with the Z boson decaying to a pair of electrons or muons. The search is performed with data collected by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb−1 of proton-proton collisions at √s = 8TeV. The number of observed events is found to be in agreement with the standard model predictions. The 95% confidence level upper limit on the product of the cross section and branching fraction is obtained as a function of the Θ0 mass. The 95% confidence level lower bounds on the Θ0 mass are found to be 623 and 426 GeV, for two different octo-triplet theoretical scenarios. These are the first direct experimental bounds on particles predicted by the octo-triplet model.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 201 |
| Journal | Journal of High Energy Physics |
| Volume | 2015 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Sept 2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2015, The Author(s).
Funding
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| Austrian Science Fund | |
| Biomedical Engineering Society | |
| Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung | |
| Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaft | |
| Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society | |
| Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique | |
| Children's Specialists Foundation | |
| Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives | |
| Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología | |
| Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico | |
| Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior | |
| Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India | |
| Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology | |
| Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft | |
| Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS | |
| Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek | |
| Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro | |
| Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo | |
| Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | |
| General Secretariat for Research and Technology | |
| Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences | |
| Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare | |
| Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment | |
| Ministry of Science ICT and Future Planning | |
| National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine | |
| National Natural Science Foundation of China | |
| National Research Foundation of Korea | |
| National Science Foundation | |
| National Science and Technology Development Agency | |
| Országos Tudományos Kutatási Alapprogramok | |
| Research Promotion Foundation | |
| Russian Academy of Sciences | |
| Russian Foundation for Basic Research | |
| Taighde Éireann - Research Ireland | |
| Science and Technology Facilities Council | |
| Secretaría de Estado de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación | |
| U.S. Department of Energy | |
| National Science Foundation | 1151640, 1506168, 1206044, 1314131, 1306951, 1506130, 1120138, 1211067, 1508869 |
| Science and Technology Facilities Council | ST/L00609X/1, ST/N000250/1, ST/J004901/1, ST/K001256/1, ST/K003844/1, ST/J004871/1, GRIDPP, ST/J005479/1, ST/K001531/1, ST/M005356/1, ST/I005912/1, ST/J005665/1, ST/J50094X/1, ST/K001604/1, ST/M004775/1, ST/K001639/1 |
| Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung | 153664 |
Keywords
- Exotics
- Hadron-Hadron Scattering