A search for new charged massive gauge bosons, called W', is performed with the ATLAS detector at the LHC, in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of s=8TeV, using a dataset corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb-1. This analysis searches for W' bosons in the W'→tb- decay channel in final states with electrons or muons, using a multivariate method based on boosted decision trees. The search covers masses between 0.5 and 3.0 TeV, for right-handed or left-handed W' bosons. No significant deviation from the Standard Model expectation is observed and limits are set on the W'→tb- cross-section times branching ratio and on the W'-boson effective couplings as a function of the W'-boson mass using the CLs procedure. For a left-handed (right-handed) W' boson, masses below 1.70 (1.92) TeV are excluded at 95\% confidence level. \copyright 2015.
Search for W'→tb- in the lepton plus jets final state in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector / Aad, G; Aloisio, Alberto; Alviggi, Mariagrazia; Canale, Vincenzo; Chiefari, Giovanni; DELLA PIETRA, Massimo; DELLA VOLPE, Domenico; Merola, Leonardo; Patricelli, Sergio; Conventi, Francesco; Rossi, Elvira; Perrella, Sabrina; SANCHEZ PINEDA, ARTURO RODOLFO; Carlino, Gianpaolo; DE ASMUNDIS, Riccardo; DI DONATO, Camilla; Doria, Alessandra; Iengo, Paolo; Izzo, Vincenzo; Sekhniaidze, Givi; Giordano, Raffaele; Et, A. l.. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - 743:(2015), pp. 235-255. [10.1016/j.physletb.2015.02.051]
Search for W'→tb- in the lepton plus jets final state in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
ALOISIO, ALBERTO;ALVIGGI, MARIAGRAZIA;CANALE, VINCENZO;CHIEFARI, GIOVANNI;DELLA PIETRA, MASSIMO;DELLA VOLPE, DOMENICO;MEROLA, LEONARDO;PATRICELLI, SERGIO;CONVENTI, FRANCESCO;ROSSI, ELVIRA;PERRELLA, SABRINA;SANCHEZ PINEDA, ARTURO RODOLFO;CARLINO, GIANPAOLO;DE ASMUNDIS, Riccardo;DI DONATO, CAMILLA;IENGO, PAOLO;IZZO, VINCENZO;GIORDANO, RAFFAELE;
2015
Abstract
A search for new charged massive gauge bosons, called W', is performed with the ATLAS detector at the LHC, in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of s=8TeV, using a dataset corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb-1. This analysis searches for W' bosons in the W'→tb- decay channel in final states with electrons or muons, using a multivariate method based on boosted decision trees. The search covers masses between 0.5 and 3.0 TeV, for right-handed or left-handed W' bosons. No significant deviation from the Standard Model expectation is observed and limits are set on the W'→tb- cross-section times branching ratio and on the W'-boson effective couplings as a function of the W'-boson mass using the CLs procedure. For a left-handed (right-handed) W' boson, masses below 1.70 (1.92) TeV are excluded at 95\% confidence level. \copyright 2015.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
