Search for W' → t[bar over b] 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

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 = 8 TeV, using a dataset corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb[superscript −1]. This analysis searches for W...

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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: Elsevier, 2015-04-08T16:55:00Z.
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520 |a 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 = 8 TeV, using a dataset corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb[superscript −1]. This analysis searches for W' bosons in the W'→t[bar over b] 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'→t[bar over b] 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. 
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520 |a National Science Foundation (U.S.) 
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