Search for first generation scalar leptoquarks in the evjj channel in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV

A search for pair-production of first generation scalar leptoquarks is performed in the final state containing an electron, a neutrino, and at least two jets using proton-proton collision data at √s = 7 TeV. The data were collected by the CMS detector at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated lumin...

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Main Authors: Alver, B. (Contributor), Bauer, Gerry P. (Contributor), Bendavid, Joshua L. (Contributor), Busza, Wit (Contributor), Butz, Erik M. (Contributor), Cali, Ivan Amos (Contributor), Chan, M. (Contributor), Dutta, V. (Contributor), Everaerts, Pieter Bruno Bart (Contributor), Gomez-Ceballos, Guillelmo (Contributor), Goncharov, Maxim (Contributor), Hahn, Kristian Allan (Contributor), Harris, P. (Contributor), Kim, Y. (Contributor), Klute, Markus (Contributor), Lee, Y.-J (Contributor), Loizides, C. (Contributor), Luckey, P. David, Jr (Contributor), Ma, Teng (Contributor), Nahn, Steven (Contributor), Paus, Christoph M. E. (Contributor), Ralph, Duncan Kelley (Contributor), Roland, Christof E. (Contributor), Roland, Gunther M. (Contributor), Rudolph, Matthew Scott (Contributor), Stephans, George S. F. (Contributor), Stockli, Fabian (Contributor), Sumorok, Konstanty C. (Contributor), Sung, Kevin Kai Hong (Contributor), Wenger, Edward Allen (Contributor), Xie, S. (Contributor), Yang, M. (Contributor), Yilmaz, Yetkin (Contributor), Yoon, A. S. (Contributor), Zanetti, Marco (Contributor), Wyslouch, Boleslaw (Contributor), Li, W. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. School of Science (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier, 2014-12-23T15:44:15Z.
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Summary:A search for pair-production of first generation scalar leptoquarks is performed in the final state containing an electron, a neutrino, and at least two jets using proton-proton collision data at √s = 7 TeV. The data were collected by the CMS detector at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36 pb[superscript −1]. The number of observed events is in good agreement with the predictions for standard model processes. Prior CMS results in the dielectron channel are combined with this electron + neutrino search. A 95% confidence level combined lower limit is set on the mass of a first generation scalar leptoquark at 339 GeV for β=0.5, where β is the branching fraction of the leptoquark to an electron and a quark. These results represent the most stringent direct limits to date for values of β greater than 0.05.
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