Search for W' {u2192} Tb{u00AF} in the Lepton Plus Jets Final State in Proton-proton Collisions at a Centre-of-mass Energy of {u221A}s
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Published: 2015
Total Pages: 21
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this study, a search for new charged massive gauge bosons, called W', is performed with the ATLAS detector at the LHC, in proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of √s=8 TeV, using a dataset corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb-1. This analysis searches for W' bosons in the W' → tb¯ decay channel in final states with electrons or muons, using a multivariate method based on boosted decision trees. The search covers masses between 0.5 and 3.0 TeV, for right-handed or left-handed W' bosons. No significant deviation from the Standard Model expectation is observed and limits are set on the W' → tb¯ cross-section times branching ratio and on the W'-boson effective couplings as a function of the W'-boson mass using the CLs procedure. For a left-handed (right-handed) W' boson, masses below 1.70 (1.92) TeV are excluded at 95% confidence level.