Sirunyan, A. M.Tumasyan, A.Adam, W.Ambrogi, F.Asilar, E.Bergauer, T.Brandstetter, J.2025-03-232025-03-2320181434-60441434-6052https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6143-zhttps://hdl.handle.net/11486/5300search for pair production of heavy scalar leptoquarks (LQs), each decaying into a top quark and a tau lepton, is presented. The search considers final states with an electron or a muon, one or two tau leptons that decayed to hadrons, and additional jets. The data were collected in 2016 in proton-proton collisions at root s = 13 TeV with the CMS detector at the LHC, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 35.9fb(-1). No evidence for pair production of LQs is found. Assuming a branching fraction of unity for the decay LQ -> t tau, upper limits on the production cross section are set as a function of LQ mass, excluding masses below 900 GeV at 95% confidence level. These results provide the most stringent limits to date on the production of scalar LQs that decay to a top quark and a tau lepton.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPair ProductionUnityArticle78910.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6143-z308397842-s2.0-85052741118Q1WOS:000443529200003Q2