Spin discrimination in three-body decays

DOI10.1007/JHEP08(2010)053zbMATH Open1291.81444OpenAlexW2146533253MaRDI QIDQ2248151FDOQ2248151

Authors Lisa Edelhäuser, Werner Porod, Ritesh K. Singh

Publication date 30 June 2014

Published in Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1005.3720

zbMATH Keywords

beyond standard modelsupersymmetric standard model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Quantum scattering theory (81U99) Unified quantum theories (81V22) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: The identification of the correct model for physics beyond the Standard Model requires the determination of the spin of new particles. We investigate to which extent the spin of a new particle $X$ can be identified in scenarios where it decays dominantly in three-body decays $$. Here we assume that $Y$ is a candidate for dark matter and escapes direct detection at a high energy collider such as the LHC. We show that in the case that all intermediate particles are heavy, one can get information on the spins of $X$ and $Y$ at the LHC by exploiting the invariant mass distribution of the two standard model fermions. We develop a model-independent strategy to determine the spins without prior knowledge of the unknown couplings and test it in a series of Monte Carlo studies.

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