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Looking for a vectorlike B quark at LHC using jet substructure

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2021-08-11 v3 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

Vectorlike quarks have been shown to resolve certain long-standing discrepancies pertaining to the bottom sector. We investigate, here, the prospects of identifying the existence of a topless vectorlike doublet (B, Y)(B,~Y), as is preferred by the electroweak precision measurements. Concentrating on single production, viz.viz. BbˉB \bar b with Bb+Z/HB \to b + Z/H subsequently, we find that the fully hadronic decay-channel is susceptible to discovery provided jet substructure observables are used. At the 13 TeV LHC with an integrated luminosity of 300 fb1^{-1}, a modest value of the chromomagnetic transition moments allows for the exclusion of M1.8(2.2)M \lesssim 1.8(2.2) TeV in the ZZ and HH channels respectively.

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@article{arxiv.2103.10655,
  title  = {Looking for a vectorlike B quark at LHC using jet substructure},
  author = {Debajyoti Choudhury and Kuldeep Deka and Nilanjana Kumar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.10655},
  year   = {2021}
}
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