Published November 2012 | Version Published
Journal Article Open

Search for a heavy top-quark partner in final states with two leptons with the ATLAS detector at the LHC

Abstract

The results of a search for direct pair production of heavy top-quark partners in 4.7 fb^(−1) of integrated luminosity from pp collisions at s√=7 TeV collected by the ATLAS detector at the LHC are reported. Heavy top-quark partners decaying into a top quark and a neutral non-interacting particle are searched for in events with two leptons in the final state. No excess above the Standard Model expectation is observed. Limits are placed on the mass of a supersymmetric scalar top and of a spin-1/2 top-quark partner. A spin-1/2 top-quark partner with a mass between 300 GeV and 480 GeV, decaying to a top quark and a neutral non-interacting particle lighter than 100 GeV, is excluded at 95% confidence level.

Additional Information

© 2012 CERN, for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration. Received: September 19, 2012. Accepted: October 15, 2012. Published: November 16, 2012. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. We thank CERN for the very successful operation of the LHC, as well as the support staff from our institutions without whom ATLAS could not be operated efficiently. We acknowledge the support of ANPCyT, Argentina; YerPhI, Armenia; ARC, Australia; BMWF and FWF, Austria; ANAS, Azerbaijan; SSTC, Belarus; CNPq and FAPESP, Brazil; NSERC, NRC and CFI, Canada; CERN; CONICYT, Chile; CAS, MOST and NSFC, China; COLCIENCIAS, Colombia; MSMT CR, MPO CR and VSC CR, Czech Republic; DNRF, DNSRC and Lundbeck Foundation, Denmark; EPLANET and ERC, European Union; IN2P3-CNRS, CEA-DSM/IRFU, France; GNSF, Georgia; BMBF, DFG, HGF, MPG and AvH Foundation, Germany; GSRT, Greece; ISF, MINERVA, GIF, DIP and Benoziyo Center, Israel; INFN, Italy; MEXT and JSPS, Japan; CNRST, Morocco; FOM and NWO, Netherlands; RCN, Norway; MNiSW, Poland; GRICES and FCT, Portugal; MERYS (MECTS), Romania; MES of Russia and ROSATOM, Russian Federation; JINR; MSTD, Serbia; MSSR, Slovakia; ARRS and MVZT, Slovenia; DST/NRF, South Africa; MICINN, Spain; SRC and Wallenberg Foundation, Sweden; SER, SNSF and Cantons of Bern and Geneva, Switzerland; NSC, Taiwan; TAEK, Turkey; STFC, the Royal Society and Leverhulme Trust, United Kingdom; DOE and NSF, United States of America. The crucial computing support from all WLCG partners is acknowledged gratefully, in particular from CERN and the ATLAS Tier-1 facilities at TRIUMF (Canada), NDGF (Denmark, Norway, Sweden), CC-IN2P3 (France), KIT/GridKA (Germany), INFN-CNAF (Italy), NL-T1 (Netherlands), PIC (Spain), ASGC (Taiwan), RAL (U.K.) and BNL (U.S.A.) and in the Tier-2 facilities worldwide.

Attached Files

Published - ATLAS_2012p094.pdf

Files

ATLAS_2012p094.pdf

Files (758.6 kB)

Name Size
md5:243951d3140f9a106b6560bcc0f3614c
758.6 kB Preview Download

Additional details

Identifiers

Eprint ID
36814
Resolver ID
CaltechAUTHORS:20130208-084537553

Funding

ANPCyT (Argentina)
YerPhl (Armenia)
ARC (Australia)
BMWF and FWF (Austria)
ANAS (Azerbaijan)
SSTC (Belarus)
CNPq and FAPESP (Brazil)
NSERC (Canada)
NRC and CFI (Canada)
CERN
CONICYT (Chile)
CAS
MOST and NSFC (China)
COLCIENCIAS (Colombia)
MSMT CR (Czech Republic)
MPO CR and VSC CR (Czech Republic)
DNRF (Denmark)
DNSRC and Lundbeck Foundation (Denmark)
EPLANET and ERC
European Union
IN2P3-CNRS (France)
CEA-DSM/IRFU (France)
GNSF (Georgia)
BMBF (Germany)
DFG (Germany)
HGF (Germany)
MPG and AvH Foundation (Germany)
GSRT (Greece)
ISF (Israel)
MINERVA (Israel)
GIF (Israel)
DIP and Benoziyo Center (Israel)
INFN (Italy)
MEXT and JSPS (Japan)
CNRST (Morocco)
FOM and NWO (The Netherlands)
RCN (Norway)
MNiSW (Poland)
GRICES and FCT (Portugal)
MERYS (MECTS) (Romania)
MES of Russia and ROSATOM
Russian Federation
JINR
MSTD (Serbia)
MSSR (Slovakia)
ARRS and MVZT (Slovenia)
DST/NRF (South Africa)
MICINN (Spain)
SRC and Wallenberg Foundation (Sweden)
SER (Switzerland)
SNSF and Cantons of Bern in Geneva (Switzerland)
NSC (Taiwan)
TAEK (Turkey)
STFC (United Kingdom)
Royal Society and Leverhulme Trust (United Kingdom)
Department of Energy (DOE)
NSF

Dates

Created
2013-02-08
Created from EPrint's datestamp field
Updated
2021-11-09
Created from EPrint's last_modified field