ملخص
Results are reported from a search for the anomalous production of highly boosted Z bosons with large transverse momentum and decaying to μ+μ−. Such Z bosons may be produced in the decays of new heavy particles. The search uses pp collision data at s=7 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb−1 recorded with the CMS detector. The shape of the observed transverse momentum distribution of Z bosons is consistent with standard model expectations. Constraints are obtained on models predicting the production of excited quarks decaying via electroweak processes. Assuming a compositeness scale that is equal to the excited quark mass as well as transition coupling strengths between Z bosons and excited quarks that are equal to standard model couplings to quarks, masses of excited quarks below 1.94 TeVare excluded at the 95% confidence level. For excited quark production via a novel contact interaction, masses below 2.22 TeVare excluded, even if the excited quarks do not couple to gluons.
اللغة الأصلية | English |
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الصفحات (من إلى) | 28-47 |
عدد الصفحات | 20 |
دورية | Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics |
مستوى الصوت | 722 |
رقم الإصدار | 1-3 |
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حالة النشر | Published - مايو 13 2013 |
منشور خارجيًا | نعم |
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