13–17 Aug 2013
University of California, Santa Cruz
US/Pacific timezone

Search for exotic top-quark partners

15 Aug 2013, 09:10
20m
Classroom Unit 2 (University of California, Santa Cruz)

Classroom Unit 2

University of California, Santa Cruz

oral presentation Physics Beyond the Standard Model Physics Beyond the Standard Model

Speaker

Saptaparna Bhattacharya (Brown University)

Description

We present searches for massive top and bottom quark partners at CMS using data collected at sqrt(s)=7 and 8 TeV. Such partners can be seen in 4th generation models, or can be found in models predicting vector-like quarks to solve the Hierarchy problem and stabilize the Higgs mass. The searches span a range of final states, from multi-leptonic to entirely hadronic, and limits are set on mass and production cross sections as a function of branching ratios.
APS member ID 61015863

Primary author

Saptaparna Bhattacharya (Brown University)

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