Long-lived heavy quarks: a review

DOI10.1155/2013/690254MaRDI QIDQ903847zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Mathieu Buchkremer, Alexander Schmidt

Publication date 15 January 2016

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

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1210.6369

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory (81-02) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05)

Abstract: We review the theoretical and experimental situation for long-lived heavy quarks, or bound states thereof, arising in simple extensions of the Standard Model. If these particles propagate large distances before their decay, they give rise to specific signatures requiring dedicated analysis methods. In particular, vector-like quarks with negligible couplings to the three known families could have eluded the past experimental searches. While most analyses assume prompt decays at the production vertex, novel heavy quarks might lead to signatures involving displaced vertices, new hadronic bound states, or decays happening outside of the detector acceptance. We perform reinterpretations of existing searches for short- and long-lived particles, and give suggestions on how to extend their reach to long-lived heavy quarks.

Review text

Summary: We review the theoretical and experimental situation for long-lived heavy quarks, or bound states thereof, arising in simple extensions of the Standard Model. If these particles propagate large distances before their decay, they give rise to specific signatures requiring dedicated analysis methods. In particular, vector-like quarks with negligible couplings to the three known families could have eluded the past experimental searches. While most analyses assume prompt decays at the production vertex, novel heavy quarks might lead to signatures involving displaced vertices, new hadronic bound states, or decays happening outside of the detector acceptance. We perform reinterpretations of existing searches for short- and long-lived particles, and give suggestions on how to extend their reach to long-lived heavy quarks.

Recommendations

• A THEORETICAL REVIEW OF HEAVY QUARKONIUM INCLUSIVE DECAYS
• Heavy quarks in deep-inelastic scattering
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2102147
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1985278
• Lectures on heavy quarks in quantum chromodynamics

Cites work

• Annihilation decays of bound states at the LHC
• Bounds and decays of new heavy vector-like top partners
• Long-lived stops in MSSM scenarios with a neutralino LSP
• MadGraph 5: going beyond
• Renormalization group fixed point with a fourth generation: Higgs-induced bound states and condensates

Cited in

(3)

• Hadronic and hadron-like physics of dark matter
• Realizing dark matter and Higgs inflation in light of LHC diphoton excess
• The same-sign top signature of R-parity violation

This page was built for publication: Long-lived heavy quarks: a review

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q903847)