Search for heavy particles in the $b$-tagged dijet mass distribution with additional $b$-tagged jets in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV with the ATLAS experiment

Abstract

A search optimized for new heavy particles decaying to two $b$-quarks and produced in association with additional $b$-quarks is reported. The sensitivity is improved by $b$-tagging at least one lower-$p_{\mathrm{T}}$ jet in addition to the two highest-$p_{\mathrm{T}}$ jets. The data used in this search correspond to an integrated luminosity of 103 ${\text{fb}}^{-1}$ collected with a dedicated trijet trigger during the 2017 and 2018 $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV proton-proton collision runs with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The search looks for resonant peaks in the $b$-tagged dijet invariant mass spectrum over a smoothly falling background. The background is estimated with an innovative data-driven method based on orthonormal functions. The observed $b$-tagged dijet invariant mass spectrum is compatible with the background-only hypothesis. Upper limits at 95% confidence level on a heavy vector-boson production cross section times branching ratio to a pair of $b$-quarks are derived.

arXiv comment33 pages in total, author list starting page 17, 4 figures, 1 table. All figures including auxiliary figures are available at https://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/PAPERS/EXOT-2018-09/

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