A search is presented for the pair production of new heavy resonances, each decaying into a top quark (t) or antiquark and a gluon (g). The analysis uses data recorded with the CMS detector from proton–proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb-1. Events with one muon or electron, multiple jets, and missing transverse momentum are selected. After using a deep neural network to enrich the data sample with signal-like events, distributions in the scalar sum of the transverse momenta of all reconstructed objects are analyzed in the search for a signal. No significant deviations from the standard model prediction are found. Upper limits at 95% confidence level are set on the product of cross section and branching fraction squared for the pair production of excited top quarks in the t∗→tg decay channel. The upper limits range from 120 to 0.8 fb for a t∗ with spin-1/2 and from 15 to 1.0 fb for a t∗ with spin-3/2. These correspond to mass exclusion limits up to 1050 and 1700 GeV for spin-1/2 and spin-3/2 t∗ particles, respectively. These are the most stringent limits to date on the existence of t∗→tg resonances.

Search for pair production of heavy particles decaying to a top quark and a gluon in the lepton+jets final state in proton–proton collisions at √s=13 TeV

Tornago, M.;Cappati, A.;Amapane, N.;Argiro, S.;Bellan, R.;Bellora, A.;Borca, C.;Costa, M.;Covarelli, R.;Grippo, M.;Kiani, B.;Luongo, F.;Markovic, L.;Mecca, A.;Menzio, L.;Meridiani, P.;Migliore, E.;Mulargia, R.;Obertino, M. M.;Pacher, L.;Siviero, F.;Sola, V.;Solano, A.;Tarricone, C.;Umoret, G.;Salvatico, R.;Shchelina, K.;Rumerio, P.;Ravera, F.;Vagnerini, A.;
2025-01-01

Abstract

A search is presented for the pair production of new heavy resonances, each decaying into a top quark (t) or antiquark and a gluon (g). The analysis uses data recorded with the CMS detector from proton–proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb-1. Events with one muon or electron, multiple jets, and missing transverse momentum are selected. After using a deep neural network to enrich the data sample with signal-like events, distributions in the scalar sum of the transverse momenta of all reconstructed objects are analyzed in the search for a signal. No significant deviations from the standard model prediction are found. Upper limits at 95% confidence level are set on the product of cross section and branching fraction squared for the pair production of excited top quarks in the t∗→tg decay channel. The upper limits range from 120 to 0.8 fb for a t∗ with spin-1/2 and from 15 to 1.0 fb for a t∗ with spin-3/2. These correspond to mass exclusion limits up to 1050 and 1700 GeV for spin-1/2 and spin-3/2 t∗ particles, respectively. These are the most stringent limits to date on the existence of t∗→tg resonances.
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