@article{f728864cfaf3439d9d334814cea54507,
title = "Search for single b⁎-quark production with the ATLAS detector at √s=7 TeV",
abstract = "The results of a search for an excited bottom-quark b⁎ in pp collisions at s=7 TeV, using 4.7 fb−1 of data collected by the ATLAS detector at the LHC are presented. In the model studied, a single b⁎-quark is produced through a chromomagnetic interaction and subsequently decays to a W boson and a top quark. The search is performed in the dilepton and lepton + jets final states, which are combined to set limits on b⁎-quark couplings for a range of b⁎-quark masses. For a benchmark with unit size chromomagnetic and Standard Model-like electroweak b⁎ couplings, b⁎ quarks with masses less than 870 GeV are excluded at the 95% credibility level.",
keywords = "ATLAS, Excited quark, Single top-quark, b",
author = "{ATLAS Collaboration} and G. Aad and T. Abajyan and B. Abbott and J. Abdallah and {Abdel Khalek}, S. and Abdelalim, {A. A.} and O. Abdinov and R. Aben and B. Abi and M. Abolins and AbouZeid, {O. S.} and H. Abramowicz and H. Abreu and Ochoa, {M. I.} and Acharya, {B. S.} and L. Adamczyk and Adams, {D. L.} and Addy, {T. N.} and J. Adelman and S. Adomeit and P. Adragna and T. Adye and S. Aefsky and Aguilar-Saavedra, {J. A.} and M. Agustoni and Ahlen, {S. P.} and F. Ahles and A. Ahmad and M. Ahsan and G. Aielli and {\AA}kesson, {T. P.A.} and G. Akimoto and Akimov, {A. V.} and Alam, {M. A.} and J. Albert and S. Albrand and M. Aleksa and Aleksandrov, {I. N.} and F. Alessandria and C. Alexa and G. Alexander and G. Alexandre and T. Alexopoulos and M. Alhroob and M. Aliev and G. Alimonti and J. Alison and Allbrooke, {B. M.M.} and Allison, {L. J.} and N. Sasao",
note = "Funding Information: We acknowledge the support of ANPCyT , Argentina; YerPhI , Armenia; ARC , Australia; BMWF and FWF , Austria; ANAS , Azerbaijan; SSTC , Belarus; CNPq and FAPESP , Brazil; NSERC , NRC and CFI , Canada; CERN ; CONICYT , Chile; CAS , MOST and NSFC , China; COLCIENCIAS , Colombia; MSMT CR , MPO CR and VSC CR , Czech Republic; DNRF , DNSRC and Lundbeck Foundation , Denmark; EPLANET , ERC and NSRF , European Union; IN2P3-CNRS , CEA-DSM/IRFU , France; GNSF , Georgia; BMBF , DFG , HGF , MPG and AvH Foundation , Germany; GSRT and NSRF , Greece; ISF , MINERVA , GIF , DIP and Benoziyo Center , Israel; INFN , Italy; MEXT and JSPS , Japan; CNRST , Morocco; FOM and NWO , Netherlands; BRF and RCN , Norway; MNiSW , Poland; GRICES and FCT , Portugal; MERYS (MECTS) , Romania; MES of Russia and ROSATOM , Russian Federation; JINR ; MSTD , Serbia; MSSR , Slovakia; ARRS and MVZT , Slovenia; DST/NRF , South Africa; MICINN , Spain; SRC and Wallenberg Foundation , Sweden; SER , SNSF and Cantons of Bern and Geneva , Switzerland; NSC , Taiwan; TAEK , Turkey; STFC , the Royal Society and Leverhulme Trust , United Kingdom; DOE and NSF , United States of America. Funding Information: The crucial computing support from all WLCG partners is acknowledged gratefully, in particular from CERN and the ATLAS Tier-1 facilities at TRIUMF (Canada), NDGF (Denmark, Norway, Sweden), CC-IN2P3 (France), KIT/GridKA (Germany), INFN-CNAF (Italy), NL-T1 (Netherlands), PIC (Spain), ASGC (Taiwan), RAL (UK) and BNL (USA) and in the Tier-2 facilities worldwide. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2013 CERN",
year = "2013",
month = apr,
day = "25",
doi = "10.1016/j.physletb.2013.03.016",
language = "English",
volume = "721",
pages = "171--189",
journal = "Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics",
issn = "0370-2693",
publisher = "Elsevier",
number = "4-5",
}