A search for high-mass dimuon resonance production in association with one or more b quark jets is presented. The study uses proton-proton collision data collected with the CMS detector at the LHC corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb
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- Award ID(s):
- 2112025
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10392317
- Publisher / Repository:
- Springer Science + Business Media
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- Journal Name:
- The European Physical Journal C
- Volume:
- 83
- Issue:
- 1
- ISSN:
- 1434-6052
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- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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