Search for second generation scalar leptoquarks in pp collisions at √ s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

ATLAS COLLABORATION, G. AAD, MT DOVA ET AL

EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C - PARTICLES AND FIELDS

SPRINGER

Lugar: Berlin; Año: 2012 p. 2151 - 2171

1434-6044

The results of a search for the production of second generation scalar leptoquarks are presented for final states consisting of either two muons and at least two jets or a muon plus missing transverse momentum and at least two jets. A total of 1.03 fb−1 integrated luminosity of protonproton collision data produced by the Large Hadron Collider at √ s = 7 TeV and recorded by the ATLAS detector is used for the search. The event yields in the signal regions are found to be consistent with the Standard Model background expectations. The production of second generation leptoquarks is excluded for a leptoquark mass mLQ < 594 (685) GeV at 95 % confidence level, for a branching ratio of 0.5 (1.0) for leptoquark decay to a muon and a quark.