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Search for pair production of scalar and vector leptoquarks decaying to muons and bottom quarks in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13\text{}\text{}\mathrm{TeV}$

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A 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 $\sqrt{s}=13\text{}\text{}\mathrm{TeV}$ with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $138\text{}\text{}{\mathrm{fb}}^{-1}$. 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.

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