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Title: Search for a Heavy Top-Like Quark in $$p\bar{p}$$ Collisions at $${\surd}s = 1.96$$~TeV

Journal Article · · Submitted to Phys.Rev.Lett.
OSTI ID:1021040

We present the results of a search for pair production of a heavy top-like (t') quark decaying to W q final states using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.6 fb{sup -1} collected by the CDF II detector in p{anti p} collisions at {radical}{ovr s} = 1.96 TeV. We perform parallel searches for t' {yields} W b and t' {yields} W q (where q is a generic down-type quark) in events containing a lepton and four or more jets. By performing a fit to the two-dimensional distribution of total transverse energy versus reconstructed t' quark mass, we set upper limits on the t'{anti t}' production cross section and exclude a standard model fourth-generation t' quark decaying to W b (W q) with mass below 358 (340) GeV/c{sup 2} at 95% CL.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1021040
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-11-333-E-PPD; arXiv eprint number arXiv:1107.3875; TRN: US201116%%687
Journal Information:
Submitted to Phys.Rev.Lett., Journal Name: Submitted to Phys.Rev.Lett.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English