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Search for heavy fermions with the ATLAS experiment at the LHC collider

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Resumo:In the present thesis a search for new heavy fermions using LHC data collected in 2012 by the ATLAS experiment is presented. In particular, a search for pair and single production of vector-like quarks with electric charge 2/3 (T) and -1/3 (B) decaying to a Z boson is discussed. For this search the analysis was divided in two channels, depending on the lepton multiplicity, and both channels were combined at the end for the nal results. Since no evidence for signal was found, limits on the mass of the vector-like quarks were evaluated. The observed (expected) limit on the mass of an SU(2) singlet T quark is 655 GeV (625 GeV), while the observed (expected) limit on the mass of a T quark in a (T;B) doublet is 735 GeV (720 GeV). The observed (expected) limit on the mass of an SU(2) singlet B quark is 685 GeV (670 GeV), while the observed (expected) limit on the mass of a B quark in a (B; Y ) doublet is 755 GeV (755 GeV). The impact of a heavy gluon in the searches for pair production of vector-like quarks has also been studied. Even if kinematic di erences were found at the parton level, these seem to be negligible after taking the detector simulation and event reconstruction e ects into account. The ATLAS results obtained within the scope of the present thesis were recasted in a realistic scenario and it was found that the selection e ciencies for signal, as well as the nal results, are not sensitive to the presence of a heavy gluon. Such conclusion allowed to reinterpret all the relevant ATLAS and CMS results by simply scaling the cross-section, obtaining limits on the mass of the heavy gluon.
Autores principais:Araque Espinosa, Juan Pedro
Assunto:Ciências Naturais::Ciências Físicas
Ano:2016
País:Portugal
Tipo de documento:tese de doutoramento
Tipo de acesso:acesso aberto
Instituição associada:Universidade do Minho
Idioma:inglês
Origem:RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho

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