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Constraints on Randall-Sundrum model from top-antitop production at the LHC
A bstractWe study the top pair production cross section at the LHC in the context of Randall-Sundrum model including the Kaluza-Klein (KK) excited gravitons. It is shown that the recent measurement of the cross section of this process at the LHC restricts the parameter space in Randall-Sundrum (RS) model considerably. We show that the coupling parameter $ \left( {\frac{k}{{{{\bar{M}}_{{Pl}}}}}} \right) $ isexcludedbythismeasurementabove 0.03to0.23dependingonthemass of first KK excited graviton (m1). We also study the effect of KK excitations on the spin correlation of the top pairs. It is shown that the spin asymmetry in $ t\bar{t} $ events is sensitive to the RS model parameters with a reasonable choice of model parameters.
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Top Production from Black Holes at the LHC
In theories with large extra dimension and with low quantum gravity scale near a TeV, it is expected that TeV-scale black holes to be produced in proton-proton collisions at the LHC with the center of mass energy of 14 TeV. Since the black holes temperature can be around 1 TeV, top quark production is expected from them via Hawking radiation. Within the Standard Model of particle physics top quarks are produced via strong interaction in t pairs or via electroweak interaction singly. Therefore, black holes can be the new source of top quark production. In this article we present the total cross sections and transverse momentum distributions of top quark production from black holes at the LHC. We find that the top quarks from black holes tend to reside at very high transverse momentum region so it can be a very useful signature for the black holes at the LHC.
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Angular correlations in top quark decays in standard model extensions
The CMS Collaboration at the CERN LHC has searched for the t-channel single top quark production using the spin correlation of the t-channel. The signal extraction and cross section measurement rely on the angular distribution of the charged lepton in the top quark decays, the angle between the charged lepton momentum and top spin in the top rest frame. The behavior of the angular distribution is a distinct slope for the t-channel single top (signal) while it is flat for the backgrounds. In this Brief Report, we investigate the contributions which this spin correlation may receive from a two-Higgs doublet model, a top-color assisted technicolor (TC2) and the noncommutative extension of the standard model.
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The Effects of Standard Model Extensions on W-Boson Helicity Ratios in Top Quark Decay
In this letter, we investigate the contributions which W boson helicity fractions in top quark decay receive from a two-Higgs doublet model, a top-color assisted technicolor (TC2) and the noncommutative extension of the Standard Model. It is shown that the deviations coming from these models are much less than the experimental sensitivity in measurement of the helicity fractions.
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PROBING THE ANOMALOUS COUPLINGS OF THE TOP QUARK WITH GLUON AT THE LHC AND TEVATRON
In this paper, we study the sensitivity of the fraction of events arising from gluon–gluon fusion to the chromoelectric and chromomagnetic dipole moments (CEDM and CMDM) as well as the total and differential cross-sections at the LHC and Tevatron. The sensitivity of measured charged asymmetry at the LHC to CEDM and CMDM is also studied. We find that at the Tevatron and the LHC, nonzero values of CMDM could suppress the production rate. It is shown that the ratio of at the Tevatron is more sensitive to CEDM and CMDM than the LHC case. The presence of CEDM always increases the contribution of gluon–gluon fusion process in top pair rate at the Tevatron and LHC. Except for a small range of CMDM, the presence of CEDM and CMDM can increase the fraction of gluon–gluon fusion at the Tevatron and LHC. The measured ratio of at the Tevatron is used to derive bounds on the chromoelectric and chromomagnetic dipole moments as well as the total and differential cross-sections at the LHC and Tevatron, and the measured charged asymmetry at the LHC. The combination of and σLHC provides stringent limits on CMDM and CEDM.
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Probing the Anomalous FCNC Interactions in Top-Higgs Final State and Charge Ratio Approach
We study the anomalous production of a single top quark in association with a Higgs boson at the LHC originating from flavor changing neutral current (FCNC) interactions in $tqg$ and $tqH$ vertices. We derive the discovery potentials and $68\%$ C.L. upper limits considering leptonic decay of the top quark and the Higgs boson decay into a $b\bar{b}$ pair with 10 fb$^{-1}$ integrated luminosity of data in proton-proton collisions at the center-of-mass energy of 14 TeV. We propose a charge ratio for the lepton in top quark decay in terms of lepton $p_{T}$ and $\eta$ as a strong tool to observe the signal. In particular, we show that the charge ratio increases significantly at large $p_{T}$ of the charged lepton. While the main background from $t\bar{t}$ is nearly charge symmetric and $W+jets$ background has much smaller charge ratio with respect to the signal. We show that this feature can also be used in the probe of anomalous single top production with a $Z-$boson or a photon which are under the attention of the experimental collaborations.
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Heavy Charged Gauge Bosons with General CP Violating Couplings
Heavy gauge bosons such as W' are expected to exist in many extensions of the Standard Model. In this paper, the most general Lagrangian for the interaction of W' with top and bottom quarks is considered. This Lagrangian consists of V–A and V+A structure with in general complex couplings. Such interactions produce an Electric Dipole Moment (EDM) for the top quark at one loop level. We predict the allowed ranges for the mass and couplings of W' by using the upper limit on the top quark EDM.
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Probing of Wtb anomalous couplings via the tW channel of single top production
The potential of LHC for investigation of the W-t-b vertex through the tW channel of single top quark production is studied. Unlike the other two single top quark production processes (t-channel and s-channel), the tW channel provides the possibility to study the Wtb vertex without receiving contamination from FCNC. This study has been done at parton level but is involved the separation of signal from backgrounds when both W-bosons decay to leptons. In this study is assumed to be conserved. The 68% C.L. bounds on the non-Standard Model couplings are estimated.