Search for Pair Production of Scalar and Vector Leptoquarks Decaying to Muons and Bottom Quarks in Proton-Proton Collisions at √s = 13 TeV

Physical Review D 2024
Kārlis Dreimanis, Antra Gaile, Guntis Pikurs, Andris Potrebko, Markus Seidel, Viesturs Veckalns, CMS Collaboration

A search for pair production of scalar and vector leptoquarks (LQs) each decaying to a muon and a bottom quark is performed using proton-proton collision data collected at Formula Presented with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of Formula Presented. No excess above standard model expectation is observed. Scalar (vector) LQs with masses less than 1810 (2120) GeV are excluded at 95% confidence level, assuming a 100% branching fraction of the LQ decaying to a muon and a bottom quark. These limits represent the most stringent to date.

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevD.109.112003
Hyperlink
https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.109.112003

The CMS Collaboration, A.Hayrapetyan, K.Dreimanis, A.Gaile, G.Pikurs, A.Potrebko, M.Seidel, V.Veckalns ... [et al.]. Search for Pair Production of Scalar and Vector Leptoquarks Decaying to Muons and Bottom Quarks in Proton-Proton Collisions at √s = 13 TeV. Physical Review D, 2024, Vol. 109, No. 11, Article number 112003. ISSN 2470-0010. e-ISSN 2470-0029. Pieejams: doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.109.112003

Publication language
English (en)