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Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 041801 (2009) [7 pages]

Search for the Production of Narrow tb̅ Resonances in 1.9  fb-1 of pp̅ Collisions at s=1.96  TeV

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T. Aaltonen et al. CDF Collaboration
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Received 16 February 2009; published 20 July 2009

We present new limits on resonant tb̅ production in pp̅ collisions at s=1.96  TeV, using 1.9  fb-1 of data recorded with the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. We reconstruct a candidate tb̅ mass in events with a lepton, neutrino candidate, and two or three jets, and search for anomalous tb̅ production as modeled by Wtb̅ . We set a new limit on a right-handed W with standard model-like coupling, excluding any mass below 800  GeV/c2 at 95% C.L. The cross section for any narrow, resonant tb̅ production between 750 and 950  GeV/c2 is found to be less than 0.28 pb at 95% C.L. We also present an exclusion of the W coupling strength versus W mass over the range 300–950  GeV/c2.

© 2009 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.041801
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.041801
PACS:
14.70.Pw, 13.85.Rm