Search for neutral color-octet weak-triplet scalar particles in proton-proton collisions at √s= 8TeV

The CMS Collaboration

doi:10.1007/JHEP09(2015)201

Search for neutral color-octet weak-triplet scalar particles in proton-proton collisions at √s= 8TeV

The CMS Collaboration

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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 (US)
Article number	201
Journal	Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume	2015
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2015)201
State	Published - Sep 1 2015

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Exotics
Hadron-Hadron Scattering

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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