Search for Pair Production of a New b' Quark that Decays into a Z Boson and a Bottom Quark with the ATLAS Detector

A search is reported for the pair production of a new quark b' with at least one b' decaying to a Z boson and a bottom quark. The data, corresponding to 2.0  fb[superscript -1] of integrated luminosity, were collected from pp collisions at √s=7  TeV with the ATLAS detector at the CERN Larg...

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Main Author: Taylor, Frank E. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2012-11-14T18:24:28Z.
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