Search for resonances in the mass spectrum of muon pairs produced in association with b quark jets in proton-proton collisions at √s = 8 and 13 TeV

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dc.contributor.authorCMS Collaboration
dc.contributor.authorBuccilli, A.
dc.contributor.authorCooper, S.I.
dc.contributor.authorHenderson, C.
dc.contributor.authorRumerio, P.
dc.contributor.authorWest, C.
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-02T15:20:11Z
dc.date.available2022-08-02T15:20:11Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractA search for resonances in the mass range 12–70 GeV produced in association with a b quark jet and a second jet, and decaying to a muon pair, is reported. The analysis is based on data from proton-proton collisions at center-of-mass energies of 8 and 13 TeV, collected with the CMS detector at the LHC and corresponding to integrated luminosities of 19.7 and 35.9 fb⁻¹, respectively. The search is carried out in two mutually exclusive event categories. Events in the first category are required to have a b quark jet in the central region (|η| ≤ 2.4) and at least one jet in the forward region (|η| > 2.4). Events in the second category are required to have two jets in the central region, at least one of which is identified as a b quark jet, no jets in the forward region, and low missing transverse momentum. An excess of events above the background near a dimuon mass of 28 GeV is observed in the 8 TeV data, corresponding to local significances of 4.2 and 2.9 standard deviations for the first and second event categories, respectively. A similar analysis conducted with the 13 TeV data results in a mild excess over the background in the first event category corresponding to a local significance of 2.0 standard deviations, while the second category results in a 1.4 standard deviation deficit. The fiducial cross section measurements and 95% confidence level upper limits on those for a resonance consistent with the 8 TeV excess are provided at both collision energies.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationSirunyan, A. M., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Ambrogi, F., Asilar, E., Bergauer, T., Brandstetter, J., Dragicevic, M., Erö, J., Escalante Del Valle, A., Flechl, M., Frühwirth, R., Ghete, V. M., Hrubec, J., Jeitler, M., Krammer, N., Krätschmer, I., Liko, D., … Woods, N. (2018). Search for resonances in the mass spectrum of muon pairs produced in association with b quark jets in proton-proton collisions at $ \sqrt{s}=8 $ and 13 TeV. In Journal of High Energy Physics (Vol. 2018, Issue 11). Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep11(2018)161
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/JHEP11(2018)161
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/9071
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
dc.subjectBeyond Standard Model
dc.subjectHadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)
dc.subjectHiggs physics
dc.titleSearch for resonances in the mass spectrum of muon pairs produced in association with b quark jets in proton-proton collisions at √s = 8 and 13 TeVen_US
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