On measurement of top polarization as a probe of tt production mechanisms at the LHC

DOI10.1007/JHEP11(2010)144MaRDI QIDQ406704zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Rohini M. Godbole, Kumar Rao, Saurabh D. Rindani, Ritesh K. Singh

Publication date 29 August 2014

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1010.1458

zbMATH Keywords

beyond standard modelheavy quark physicsstandard model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05) Unified quantum theories (81V22)

Abstract: In this note we demonstrate the use of top polarization in the study of $$ resonances at the LHC, in the possible case where the dynamics implies a non-zero top polarization. As a probe of top polarization we construct an asymmetry in the decay-lepton azimuthal angle distribution (corresponding to the sign of $cosph{i}_{e}ll$) in the laboratory. The asymmetry is non-vanishing even for a symmetric collider like the LHC, where a positive $z$ axis is not uniquely defined. The angular distribution of the leptons has the advantage of being a faithful top-spin analyzer, unaffected by possible anomalous $tbW$ couplings, to linear order. We study, for purposes of demonstration, the case of a $Z^{\prime }$ as might exist in the little Higgs models. We identify kinematic cuts which ensure that our asymmetry reflects the polarization in sign and magnitude. We investigate possibilities at the LHC with two energy options: $sqrts=14$ TeV and $sqrts=7$ TeV, as well as at the Tevatron. At the LHC the model predicts net top quark polarization of the order of a few per cent for $M_{Z^{\prime }}simeq1200$ GeV, being as high as $10\mathrm{\%}$ for a smaller mass of the $Z^{\prime }$ of $700$ GeV and for the largest allowed coupling in the model, the values being higher for the $7$ TeV option. These polarizations translate to a deviation from the standard-model value of azimuthal asymmetry of up to about $4\mathrm{\%}$ ($7\mathrm{\%}$) for $14$ ($7$) TeV LHC, whereas for the Tevatron, values as high as $12\mathrm{\%}$ are attained. For the $14$ TeV LHC with an integrated luminosity of 10 fb${}^{-1}$, these numbers translate into a $3sigma$ sensitivity over a large part of the range $500lesssim{M}_{Z^{\prime }}lesssim1500$ GeV.

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