Search for <i>W</i>′ → <i>tb</i> decays in the hadronic final state using <i>pp</i> collisions at √<i>s</i>=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector



Aaboud, M, Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abdinov, O, Abeloos, B, Abidi, SH, AbouZeid, OS, Abraham, NL, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H
et al (show 2867 more authors) (2018) Search for <i>W</i>′ → <i>tb</i> decays in the hadronic final state using <i>pp</i> collisions at √<i>s</i>=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector. PHYSICS LETTERS B, 781. pp. 327-348.

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Abstract

A search for $W'$-boson production in the $W' \rightarrow t\bar{b} \rightarrow q\bar{q}' b\bar{b}$ decay channel is presented using 36.1 fb$^{-1}$ of 13 TeV proton-proton collision data collected by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider in 2015 and 2016. The search is interpreted in terms of both a left-handed and a right-handed chiral $W'$ boson within the mass range 1-5 TeV. Identification of the hadronically decaying top quark is performed using jet substructure tagging techniques based on a shower deconstruction algorithm. No significant deviation from the Standard Model prediction is observed and the results are expressed as upper limits on the $W' \rightarrow t\bar{b}$ production cross-section times branching ratio as a function of the $W'$-boson mass. These limits exclude $W'$ bosons with right-handed couplings with masses below 3.0 TeV and $W'$ bosons with left-handed couplings with masses below 2.9 TeV, at the 95% confidence level.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: 37 pages in total, author list starting page 21, 5 figures, 2 tables, published in Phys. Lett. B., all figures including auxiliary figures are available at https://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/PAPERS/EXOT-2017-02/
Uncontrolled Keywords: hep-ex, hep-ex
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 01 Jun 2018 15:44
Last Modified: 07 Oct 2023 00:22
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2018.03.036
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3022013