DOE OSTI2016
Searches for pair-produced scalar leptoquarks are performed using 20 fb -1 of proton–proton collision data provided by the LHC and recorded by the ATLAS detector at $\sqrt{s}$ = 8 TeV. Events with two electrons (muons) and two or more jets in the final state are used to search for first (second)-generation leptoquarks. The results from two previously published ATLAS analyses are interpreted in terms of third-generation leptoquarks decaying to $bν_τ\bar{b}\bar{ν}_τ$ and $tν_τ\bar{t}\bar{ν}_τ$ final states. No statistically significant excess above the Standard Model expectation is observed in any channel and scalar leptoquarks are excluded at 95 % CL with masses up to m LQ1 < 1050 GeV for first-generation leptoquarks, m LQ2 < 1000 GeV for second-generation leptoquarks, m LQ3 < 625 GeV for third-generation leptoquarks in the $bν_τ\bar{b}\bar{ν}_τ$ channel, and 200 < m LQ3 < 640 GeV in the $tν_τ\bar{t}\bar{ν}_τ$ channel.
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