Sirunyan AMTumasyan AAdam WAmbrogi FAsilar EBergauer TBrandstetter JBrondolin EDragicevic MErö JEscalante Del Valle AFlechl MFriedl MFrühwirth RGhete VMGrossmann JHrubec JJeitler MKönig AKrammer NKrätschmer ILiko DMadlener TMikulec IPree ERad NRohringer HSchieck JSchöfbeck RSpanring MSpitzbart DTaurok AWaltenberger WWittmann JWulz CEZarucki MChekhovsky VMossolov VSuarez Gonzalez JDe Wolf EADi Croce DJanssen XLauwers JVan De Klundert MVan Haevermaet HVan Mechelen PVan Remortel NAbu Zeid SBlekman FD’Hondt JDe Bruyn IDe Clercq JDeroover KFlouris GLontkovskyi DLowette SMarchesini IMoortgat SMoreels LPython QSkovpen KTavernier SVan Doninck WVan Mulders PVan Parijs IBeghin DBilin BBrun HClerbaux BDe Lentdecker GDelannoy HDorney BFasanella GFavart LGoldouzian RGrebenyuk AKalsi AKLenzi TLuetic JMaerschalk TMarinov ASeva TStarling EVander Velde CVanlaer PVannerom DYonamine RZenoni FCornelis TDobur DFagot AGul MKhvastunov IPoyraz DRoskas CSalva STrocino DTytgat MVerbeke WVit M2024-10-212024-10-212018-06-05Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Ambrogi F, Asilar E, Bergauer T, Brandstetter J, Brondolin E, Dragicevic M, Erö J, Escalante Del Valle A, Flechl M, Friedl M, Frühwirth R, Ghete VM, Grossmann J, Hrubec J, Jeitler M, König A, Krammer N, Krätschmer I, Liko D, Madlener T, Mikulec I, Pree E, Rad N, Rohringer H, Schieck J, Schöfbeck R, Spanring M, Spitzbart D, Taurok A, Waltenberger W, Wittmann J, Wulz CE, Zarucki M, Chekhovsky V, Mossolov V, Suarez Gonzalez J, De Wolf EA, Di Croce D, Janssen X, Lauwers J, Van De Klundert M, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Remortel N, Abu Zeid S, Blekman F, D’Hondt J, De Bruyn I, De Clercq J, Deroover K, Flouris G, Lontkovskyi D, Lowette S, Marchesini I, Moortgat S, Moreels L, Python Q, Skovpen K, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Van Parijs I, Beghin D, Bilin B, Brun H, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Delannoy H, Dorney B, Fasanella G, Favart L, Goldouzian R, Grebenyuk A, Kalsi AK, Lenzi T, Luetic J, Maerschalk T, Marinov A, Seva T, Starling E, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Yonamine R, Zenoni F, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Fagot A, Gul M, Khvastunov I, Poyraz D, Roskas C, Salva S, Trocino D, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Vit M. (2018). Search for single production of vector-like quarks decaying to a b quark and a Higgs boson. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2018. 6.1126-6708https://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/71794A search is presented for single production of heavy vector-like quarks (B) that decay to a Higgs boson and a b quark, with the Higgs boson decaying to a highly boosted b b ¯ pair reconstructed as a single collimated jet. The analysis is based on data collected by the CMS experiment in proton-proton collisions at s=13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1. The data are consistent with background expectations, and upper limits at 95% confidence level on the product of the B quark cross section and the branching fraction are obtained in the range 1.28–0.07 pb, for a narrow B quark with a mass between 700 and 1800 GeV. The production of B quarks with widths of 10, 20 and 30% of the resonance mass is also considered, and the sensitivities obtained are similar to those achieved in the narrow width case. This is the first search at the CERN LHC for the single production of a B quark through its fully hadronic decay channel, and the first study considering finite resonance widths of the B quark.(c) The author/shttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Beyond Standard ModelHadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)vector-like quarksJournal article10.1007/JHEP06(2018)0311029-8479CC BYjournal-articlehttp://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000434412500011&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=c5bb3b2499afac691c2e3c1a83ef6fef31