Search for low mass vector resonances decaying to quark-antiquark pairs in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 13 TeV

Understand

A search is reported for a narrow vector resonance decaying to quark-antiquark pairs in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 13 TeV, collected with the CMS detector at the LHC.

• The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 2.7 inverse femtobarns.
• The vector resonance is produced at large transverse momenta, with its decay products merged into a single jet.
• The resulting signature is a peak over background in the distribution of the invariant mass of the jet.