Search for heavy particles in the b-tagged dijet mass distribution with additional b-tagged jets in proton-proton collisions at √s=13  TeV with the ATLAS experiment

ATLAS Publications, S. Alderweireldt, T.M. Carter, A. Hasib, M.P. Heath, S. Palazzo, N. Themistokleous

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Abstract

A search optimized for new heavy particles decaying to two b-quarks and produced in association with additional b-quarks is reported. The sensitivity is improved by b-tagging at least one lower-pT jet in addition to the two highest-pT jets. The data used in this search correspond to an integrated luminosity of 103  fb−1 collected with a dedicated trijet trigger during the 2017 and 2018 √s=13  TeV proton-proton collision runs with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The search looks for resonant peaks in the b-tagged dijet invariant mass spectrum over a smoothly falling background. The background is estimated with an innovative data-driven method based on orthonormal functions. The observed b-tagged dijet invariant mass spectrum is compatible with the background-only hypothesis. Upper limits at 95% confidence level on a heavy vector-boson production cross section times branching ratio to a pair of b-quarks are derived.
Original languageEnglish
Article number012001
Pages (from-to)1-22
Number of pages22
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume105
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Jan 2022

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