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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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. United States. Dept. of Energy National Science Foundation (U.S.) |
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