Beautiful mirrors at the LHC

DOI10.1007/JHEP08(2010)052zbMATH Open1291.81460arXiv1004.4895WikidataQ59254580 ScholiaQ59254580MaRDI QIDQ2248153FDOQ2248153

Authors: Kunal Kumar, William Shepherd, Roberto Vega-Morales, Timothy M. P. Tait 

Publication date: 30 June 2014

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

Abstract: We explore the "Beautiful Mirrors" model, which aims to explain the measured value of $A_{FB}^b$, discrepant at the $2.9sigma$ level. This scenario introduces vector-like quarks which mix with the bottom, subtly affecting its coupling to the $Z$. The spectrum of the new particles consists of two bottom-like quarks and a charge -4/3 quark, all of which have electroweak interactions with the third generation. We explore the phenomenology and discovery reach for these new particles at the LHC, exploring single mirror quark production modes whose rates are proportional to the same mixing parameters which resolve the $A_{FB}^b$ anomaly. We find that for mirror quark masses $lesssim500GeV,a14TeVLHCwith300{mfb}^{-1}$ is required to reasonably establish the scenario and extract the relevant mixing parameters.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1004.4895

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zbMATH Keywords

beyond standard modelhadronic collidersquark masses and SM parameters

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05) Unified quantum theories (81V22) Mirror symmetry (algebro-geometric aspects) (14J33)

Cites Work

• PYTHIA 6.4 physics and manual
• Scalar representations and minimal flavor violation

Uses Software

• MadGraph
• PYTHIA8

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