Stringy origin of Tevatron Wjj anomaly
- 1. Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201 (United States)
- 2. Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115 (United States)
- 3. Physics Division (Thailand), CERN 1211, Geneva 23 (Switzerland)
- 4. Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen, 80333 Muenchen (Germany)
- 5. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Physik, Werner-Heisenberg-Institut, 80805 Muenchen (Germany)
Description
The invariant mass distribution of dijets produced in association with W bosons, recently observed by the CDF Collaboration at Tevatron, reveals an excess in the dijet mass range 120-160 GeV/c2, 3σ beyond Standard Model expectations. We show that such an excess is a generic feature of low mass string theory, due to the production and decay of a leptophobic Z', a singlet partner of SU(3) gluons coupled primarily to the U(1) baryon number. In this framework, U(1) and SU(3) appear as subgroups of U(3) associated with open strings ending on a stack of 3 D-branes. In addition, a minimal model contains two other stacks to accommodate the electro-weak SU(2) is contained in U(2) and the hypercharge U(1). Of the three U(1) gauge bosons, the two heavy Z' and Z'' receive masses through the Green-Schwarz mechanism. For a given Z' mass, the model is quite constrained. Fine tuning three of its free parameters is just sufficient to simultaneously ensure: a small Z-Z' mixing in accord with the stringent LEP data on the Z mass; very small (less than 1%) branching ratio into leptons; and a large hierarchy between Z'' and Z' masses. The heavier neutral gauge boson Z'' is within the reach of LHC.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2011.05.049Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.physletb.2011.05.049;
- arXiv
- arXiv:1104.2302v3;
- PII
- S0370-2693(11)00567-3;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics Letters. Section B
- Journal Volume
- 701
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 224-228
- ISSN
- 0370-2693
- CODEN
- PYLBAJ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 43057287
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BARYON NUMBER; CERN LHC; D-BRANES; FERMILAB COLLIDER DETECTOR; FERMILAB TEVATRON; GLUONS; HYPERCHARGE; LEP STORAGE RINGS; LEPTONS; MASS DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE DECAY; STANDARD MODEL; STRING MODELS; STRING THEORY; SU-3 GROUPS; U-1 GROUPS; W MINUS BOSONS; W PLUS BOSONS; Z NEUTRAL BOSONS
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCELERATORS; BOSONS; BRANES; COMPOSITE MODELS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; DECAY; DISTRIBUTION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; INTERMEDIATE BOSONS; INTERMEDIATE VECTOR BOSONS; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; M-THEORY; PARTICLE MODELS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUARK MODEL; RADIATION DETECTORS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STORAGE RINGS; SU GROUPS; SYMMETRY GROUPS; SYNCHROTRONS; U GROUPS; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
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- Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.