Search for narrow and broad dijet resonances in proton-proton collisions at $$ \sqrt{s}=13 $$ TeV and constraints on dark matter mediators and other new particles

Abstract

Searches for resonances decaying into pairs of jets are performed using proton-proton collision data collected at √ s = 13 TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of up to 36 fb −1 . A low-mass search, for resonances with masses between 0.6 and 1.6 TeV, is performed based on events with dijets reconstructed at the trigger level from calorimeter information. A high-mass search, for resonances with masses above 1.6 TeV, is performed using dijets reconstructed offline with a particle-flow algorithm. The dijet mass spectrum is well described by a smooth parameterization and no evidence for the production of new particles is observed. Upper limits at 95% confidence level are reported on the production cross section for narrow resonances with masses above 0.6 TeV. In the context of specific models, the limits exclude string resonances with masses below 7.7 TeV, scalar diquarks below 7.2 TeV, axigluons and colorons below 6.1 TeV, excited quarks below 6.0 TeV, color-octet scalars below 3.4 TeV, W bosons below 3.3 TeV, Z bosons below 2.7 TeV, Randall-Sundrum gravitons below 1.8 TeV and in the range 1.9 to 2.5 TeV, and dark matter mediators below 2.6 TeV. The limits on both vector and axial-vector mediators, in a simplified model of interactions between quarks and dark matter particles, are presented as functions of dark matter particle mass and coupling to quarks. Searches are also presented for broad resonances, including for the first time spin-1 resonances with intrinsic widths as large as 30% of the resonance mass. The broad resonance search improves and extends the exclusions of a dark matter mediator to larger values of its mass and coupling to quarks. IntroductionModels of physics that extend the standard model (SM) often require new particles that couple to quarks (q) and/or gluons (g) and decay to dijets. The natural width of resonances in the dijet mass (m jj ) spectrum increases with the coupling, and may vary from narrow to broad compared to the experimental resolution. For example, in a model in which dark matter (DM) particles couple to quarks through a DM mediator, the mediator can decay to either a pair of DM particles or a pair of jets and therefore can be observed as a dijet resonance [1, 2] that is either narrow or broad, depending on the strength of the coupling. When the resonance is broad, its observed line-shape depends significantly on the resonance spin. Here we report a search for narrow dijet resonances and a complementary search for broad resonances that considers multiple values of the resonance spin and widths as large as 30% of the resonance mass. Both approaches are sensitive to resonances with intrinsic widths that are small compared to the experimental resolution, but the broad resonance search is also sensitive to resonances with larger intrinsic widths. We explore the implications for multiple specific models of dijet resonances and for a range of quark coupling strength for a DM mediator.We present model independent results for s-channel dijet resonances and apply the results to...

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