Abstract
A search is performed for pair-produced spin-3/2 excited top quarks (t*t̄*), each decaying to a top quark and a gluon. The search uses data collected with the CMS detector from pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of √s = 8 TeV, selecting events that have a single isolated muon or electron, an imbalance in transverse momentum, and at least six jets, of which one must be compatible with originating from the fragmentation of a b quark. The data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.5 fb-1, show no significant excess over standard model predictions, and provide a lower limit of 803 GeV at 95% confidence on the mass of the spin-3/2 t*quark in an extension of the Randall-Sundrum model, assuming a 100% branching fraction of its decay into a top quark and a gluon. This is the first search for a spin-3/2 excited top quark performed at the LHC. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 125 |
Journal | Journal of High Energy Physics |
Volume | 2014 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 1 2014 |
Keywords
- Hadron-Hadron Scattering
- Top physics
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics