| Article | |
| Report number | arXiv:1411.0668 ; CERN-PH-TH-2014-209 ; APCTP-PRE2014-013 ; IPMU14-0330 ; CERN-PH-TH-2014-209 ; APCTP PRE2014-013 ; IPMU14-0330 |
| Title | Invisible dark gauge boson search in top decays using a kinematic method |
| Author(s) | Kim, Doojin (Florida U.) ; Lee, Hye-Sung (CERN) ; Park, Myeonghun (APCTP, Pohang ; POSTECH, Pohang ; Tokyo U., IPMU) |
| Publication | 2015-03-25 |
| Imprint | 03 Nov 2014 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Note | Comments: 19 pages, 6 figures Journal-published version, minor modification in table numbers, 19 pages, 6 figures, 2 tables, references added |
| In: | JHEP 03 (2015) 134 |
| DOI | 10.1007/JHEP03(2015)134 |
| Subject category | Particle Physics - Phenomenology |
| Abstract | We discuss the discovery potential of a dark force carrier ($Z'$) of very light mass, $m_{Z'} \lesssim {\cal O}(1-10)$ GeV, at hadron colliders via rare top quark decays, especially when it decays invisibly in typical search schemes. We emphasize that the top sector is promising for the discovery of new particles because top quark pairs are copiously produced at the Large Hadron Collider. The signal process is initiated by a rare top decay into a bottom quark and a charged Higgs boson ($H^\pm$) decaying subsequently into a $W$ and one or multiple $Z'$s. The light $Z'$ can be invisible in collider searches in various scenarios, and it would be hard to distinguish the relevant collider signature from the regular $t\bar{t}$ process in the Standard Model. We suggest a search strategy using the recently proposed on-shell constrained $M_2$ variables. Our signal process is featured by an $\textit{asymmetric}$ event topology, while the $t\bar{t}$ is $\textit{symmetric}$. The essence behind the strategy is to evoke some contradiction in the relevant observables by applying the kinematic variables designed under the assumption of the $t\bar{t}$ event topology. To see the viability of the proposed technique, we perform Monte Carlo simulations including realistic effects such as cuts, backgrounds, detector resolution, and so on at the LHC of $\sqrt{s}=14$ TeV. |
| Copyright/License | preprint: © 2014-2024 CERN (License: CC-BY-3.0) publication: © 2015-2024 The Author(s) (License: CC-BY-4.0), sponsored by SCOAP³ |
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