Hayrapetyan, A.Tumasyan, A.Adam, W.Andrejkovic, J. W.Bergauer, T.Chatterjee, S.Damanakis, K.2025-03-202025-03-2020242470-00102470-0029https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.109.112003https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14034/2358A search for pair production of scalar and vector leptoquarks (LQs) each decaying to a muon and a bottom quark is performed using proton-proton collision data collected at root s = 13 TeV with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb(-1). No excess above standard model expectation is observed. Scalar (vector) LQs with masses less than 1810 (2120) GeV are excluded at 95% confidence level, assuming a 100% branching fraction of the LQ decaying to a muon and a bottom quark. These limits represent the most stringent to date.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessModelPhenomenologyExtensionInvariantArticle10.1103/PhysRevD.109.11200310911Q1WOS:0012614265000012-s2.0-85196101284Q1