7–9 May 2018
University of Pittsburgh
US/Eastern timezone

Searching for W' using b-tagging, hadronic taus, and missing energy

7 May 2018, 15:15
15m
G-26 (Benedum Hall)

G-26

Benedum Hall

parallel talk BSM I

Speaker

Mohammad Abdullah (Texas A&M University)

Description

We study the LHC sensitivity to a minimal, $W'$-based resolution to the $R(D^{(\ast)})$ anomalies using $b$-tags, hadronic $\tau$s, and missing energy. We show that the $b$-tag requirement can improve the reach over the inclusive analysis for $W'$ masses of 750 GeV and below.

Authors

Mohammad Abdullah (Texas A&M University) Julian Calle Bhaskar Dutta (Texas A&M University) Carlos Andres Florez Bustos (Universidad de los Andes (CO)) Prof. Diego Restrepo (Universidad de Antioquia)

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