Search for charge-asymmetric production of W′ bosons in top pair + jet events from pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV
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2012-10-31Typ
- Journal Article
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Abstract
A search is presented for charge-asymmetric production of a W' boson that has been proposed to accommodate the forward-backward asymmetry observed in the production of top-antitop quark pairs at the Tevatron. The new heavy W' boson would be produced in association with a top quark and would decay into top and down quarks. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb(-1) in pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV, recorded by the CMS detector at the LHC. No significant excess above the standard model expectations is observed, and, from a combination of the electron-plus-jets and muon-plus-jets channels, a 95% confidence level lower limit of 840 GeV/c(2) is set on the W' boson mass for a W' boson model with values for coupling constants to top and down quarks g(L) = 0 and g(R) = 2. In addition, a kinematic reconstruction of the W' resonance mass using the inherent charge asymmetry of this model finds no indication of the presence of W' events in the data. Mehr anzeigen
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https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000057041Publikationsstatus
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Physics Letters BBand
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ElsevierThema
CMS; W'; Top pairOrganisationseinheit
03381 - Pauss, Felicitas (emeritus)
03593 - Dissertori, Günther / Dissertori, Günther
03904 - Wallny, Rainer / Wallny, Rainer
08803 - Grab, Christoph (Tit.Prof.)
ETH Bibliographie
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