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Discerning new physics in t(t)over-bar production using top spin observables at hadron colliders

Fajfer, Svjetlana; Kamenik, Jernej F.; Melić, Blaženka (2012) Discerning new physics in t(t)over-bar production using top spin observables at hadron colliders. Journal of High Energy Physics (8). 114-1-114-21. ISSN 1029-8479

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Abstract

Copious production of top-anti top quark pairs at hadron colliders has enabled various probes into the properties and interactions of top quarks. Among the various presently measured observables, the forward-backward asymmetry (FBA) in t (t) over bar production measured at the Tevatron significantly deviates from the standard model predictions, and many models of new physics have been invented to explain the puzzle. We consider the consistency of the simplified single-resonance models containing a color octet axial-vector ("axigluon"), color triplet or sextet weak singlet scalars, weak isodoublet scalar, flavor-changing neutral Z', or charged W' vector boson with existing t (t) over bar production measurements. Among the considered models only an axigluon can reproduce all Tevatron observables, without being in severe tension with the recent LHC results on t (t) over bar production cross section, charge asymmetry and top-spin correlations. The LHC charge asymmetry measurements exclude the W' and Z' explanations of the Tevatron FBA anomaly. On the other hand, all scalar models predict notable deviations in several top spin observables, and the recent top spin correlation measurement using the "helicity" spin quantization axis by ATLAS already provides a significant constraint on possible explanations of the Tevatron FBA anomaly. Future precise measurements of top spin correlations and especially top polarization could differentiate between scalar t-channel models, while they are less sensitive to pure axigluon contributions.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: beyond standard model; heavy quark physics; quark pair production; forward-backward asymmetry; charge asymmetry; tevatron; polarization; collisions;decays
Subjects: NATURAL SCIENCES > Physics
NATURAL SCIENCES > Physics > Physics of Elementary Particles and Fields
Divisions: Theoretical Physics Division
Projects:
Project titleProject leaderProject codeProject type
Fundamentalne interakcije u fizici elementarnih čestica i kozmologiji[3635] Nevenko Bilić098-0982930-2864MZOS
Depositing User: Blaženka Melić
Date Deposited: 29 May 2013 14:05
URI: http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/532
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP08(2012)114

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