https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201714102002
Search strategies for vector-like quark partners at LHC run-II
1 Center for Theoretical Physics of the Universe, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34051, Korea
2 Department of Physics, Korea University, Seoul 136-713, Korea
* e-mail: flacke@ibs.re.kr
Published online: 12 April 2017
We present results on several new search channels and strategies for heavy vector-like quark partners or vector resonances at the LHC run-II. Run-II has sensitivity to single- and pair-produced quark partners with masses beyond 1 TeV, and for even higher masses for vector resonances. Decays of such heavy particles yield highly boosted tops, Higgses, and weak gauge bosons. At high boost, the Standard Model background of hadronic final states can be substantially suppressed when applying jet-substructure techniques. We present several case studies where the identification of hadronically decaying tops, Higgses, and/or electroweak gauge bosons allow to make new search channels competitive at run-II.
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