Search for resonant production of tt̅ decaying to jets in pp̅ collisions at √s=1.96  TeV

This paper reports a search for nonstandard model topquark resonances, Z′, decaying to tt̅ →W+bW-b̅ , where both W decay to quarks. We examine the top-antitop quark invariant mass spectrum for the presence of narrow resonant states. The search uses a data sample of pp̅ collisions at a center of mass...

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Autores: Aaltonen, Timo Antero, Álvarez González, Bárbara, Casal Laraña, Bruno, Cuevas Maestro, Francisco Javier, Gómez Gramuglio, Gervasio|||0000-0002-1077-6553, Palencia Cortezón, José Enrique, Rodrigo Anoro, Teresa, Ruiz Jimeno, Alberto|||0000-0002-3639-0368, Scodellaro, Luca|||0000-0002-4974-8330, Vila Álvarez, Iván |||0000-0002-6797-7209, Vilar Cortabitarte, Rocío|||0000-0003-2045-8054, Vizán García, Jesús Manuel|||0000-0002-6823-8854
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/2261
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10902/2261
Access Level:acceso abierto
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Sumario:This paper reports a search for nonstandard model topquark resonances, Z′, decaying to tt̅ →W+bW-b̅ , where both W decay to quarks. We examine the top-antitop quark invariant mass spectrum for the presence of narrow resonant states. The search uses a data sample of pp̅ collisions at a center of mass energy of 1.96 TeV collected by the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron, with an integrated luminosity of 2.8  fb-1. No evidence for top-antitop quark resonant production is found. We place upper limits on the production cross section times branching ratio for a specific topcolor assisted technicolor model in which the Z′ has a width of ΓZ′=0.012MZ′. Within this model, we exclude a Z′ boson with masses below 805  GeV/c2 at the 95% confidence level.

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