Top-antitop resonance searches beyond 1 TeV

We perform a general parton level analysis for the search of heavy resonant states in the production of t ¯ t pairs at the LHC with an integrated luminosity of 30 fb⁻¹. We assume the existence of resonances that only couple to quarks and propose kinematic cuts in order to increase the number of even...

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Autores principales: Álvarez, Ezequiel, Sánchez Vietto, Juan Ignacio, Szynkman, Alejandro Andrés
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Publicado: 2013
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/125801
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Particle physics
Physics
Resonance (particle physics)
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Particle physics
Physics
Resonance (particle physics)
Álvarez, Ezequiel
Sánchez Vietto, Juan Ignacio
Szynkman, Alejandro Andrés
Top-antitop resonance searches beyond 1 TeV
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Particle physics
Physics
Resonance (particle physics)
description We perform a general parton level analysis for the search of heavy resonant states in the production of t ¯ t pairs at the LHC with an integrated luminosity of 30 fb⁻¹. We assume the existence of resonances that only couple to quarks and propose kinematic cuts in order to increase the number of events produced through quark annihilation. We study the interplay between different variables and their impact on the purity of the selected sample. We focus on the longitudinal (β) and transverse (pT) momenta of the t ¯ t pair and the scattering angle (θ) in the center of mass reference frame. We observe that β is replaced by θ as a suitable discriminating variable of quark-annihilation processes for invariant masses above 1 TeV. Finally, we illustrate the analysis with a gluon resonance of 1.5 TeV and show the improvement in the sensitivity of the signal when cuts on θ are imposed.
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Preprint
author Álvarez, Ezequiel
Sánchez Vietto, Juan Ignacio
Szynkman, Alejandro Andrés
author_facet Álvarez, Ezequiel
Sánchez Vietto, Juan Ignacio
Szynkman, Alejandro Andrés
author_sort Álvarez, Ezequiel
title Top-antitop resonance searches beyond 1 TeV
title_short Top-antitop resonance searches beyond 1 TeV
title_full Top-antitop resonance searches beyond 1 TeV
title_fullStr Top-antitop resonance searches beyond 1 TeV
title_full_unstemmed Top-antitop resonance searches beyond 1 TeV
title_sort top-antitop resonance searches beyond 1 tev
publishDate 2013
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/125801
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