8–13 Aug 2011
Rhode Island Convention Center
US/Eastern timezone

Search for ttbar Resonances in the Lepton plus Jets Channel in pp Collisions at Sqrt(s)=7 TeV using the ATLAS Detector

10 Aug 2011, 16:50
20m
553 (Rhode Island Convention Center)

553

Rhode Island Convention Center

Parallel contribution Top Quark Physics Top Quark Physics

Speaker

Venkatesh Kaushik (University Of Arizona)

Description

Several Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) theories predict the existence of new resonances that decay into ttbar pairs. We describe a search for such resonances using lepton plus jet data collected by the ATLAS experiment in pp collisions at Sqrt(s)=7 TeV. The selection criteria and search method are presented. In the absence of signal, we produce 95% CL limits on the production cross section times branching ratio of resonances predicted by a few such BSM models.

Primary author

Venkatesh Kaushik (University Of Arizona)

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