Published September 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Collider aspects of flavor physics at high Q

Creators

  • 1. INFN, Milano (Italy)
  • 2. Universita degli Studi di Milano (Italy)
  • 3. ETH Zurich, Zurich (Switzerland)
  • 4. Universitaet Wuerzburg, Institut fuer Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Wuerzburg (Germany)
  • 5. CAFPE, Granada (Spain)
  • 6. Universidad de Granada, Departamento de Fisica Teorica y del Cosmos (Spain)
  • 7. University of Cambridge, DAMTP, CMS, Cambridge (United Kingdom)
  • 8. Universidade de Sao Paulo, Instituto de Fisica, Sao Paulo, SP (Brazil)
  • 9. Universidade de Coimbra, LIP, Departamento de Fisica, Coimbra (Portugal)
  • 10. Universite Grenoble I/CNRS-IN2P3, LPSC, Grenoble (France)
  • 11. Institute for Nuclear Research RAS, Moscow (Russian Federation)
  • 12. University of Durham, IPPP Durham, Department of Physics, Durham (United Kingdom)
  • 13. Sezione di Pavia, INFN, Pavia (Italy)
  • 14. Universita di Catania, Diparimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Catania (Italy)
  • 15. University of California at Irvine, Physics and Astronomy Department, Irvine, CA (United States)
  • 16. CERN, Physics Department, Geneva 23 (Switzerland)
  • 17. Universite Catholique de Louvain, Centre for Particle Physics and Phenomenology (CP3), Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium)
  • 18. Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular (CSIC, Universitat de Valencia), AHEP Group, Valencia (Spain)
  • 19. Universitaet Wien, Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, Vienna (Austria)
  • 20. Sezione di Lecce, INFN, Lecce (Italy)
  • 21. Universita di Salento, Dipartimento di Fisica, Lecce (Italy)
  • 22. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies, Barcelona (Spain)
  • 23. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Grup de Fisica Teorica, Barcelona (Spain)
  • 24. Universita di Pisa, Pisa (IT)
  • 25. INFN (IT)
  • 26. Sezione di Lecce, INFN, Lecce (IT)
  • 27. Universitaet Karlsruhe, Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, Karlsruhe (DE)
  • 28. Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels (BE)
  • 29. Universidade Estadual Paulista, Departamento de Fisica e Quimica, Guaratingueta, SP (BR)
  • 30. Northwestern University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Evanston, IL (US)
  • 31. University of Oxford, Oxford (GB)
  • 32. Universite de Paris-Sud, Laboratoire de Physique Theorique, Orsay (FR)
  • 33. University of Athens, Physics Department, Athens (GR)
  • 34. Universidade de Lisboa, Centro de Fisica Teorica e Computacional, Faculdade de Ciencias, Lisbon (PT)
  • 35. IPNS, KEK, Theory Group, Tsukuba (JP)
  • 36. Warsaw University, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Warsaw (PL)
  • 37. Universitat de Barcelona, Departament de Fisica Fonamental, Barcelona (ES)
  • 38. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Physik, Munich (DE)
  • 39. Instituto de Fisica de Cantabria IFCA (CSIC-UC), Santander (ES)
  • 40. National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Tallinn (EE)
  • 41. Tokyo Gakugei University, Department of Physics, Koganei, Tokyo (JP)
  • 42. National Taiwan University, Department of Physics, Taipei (CN)
  • 43. Stanford University, SLAC, Stanford, CA (US)
  • 44. CERN, Theory Division, Physics Department, Geneva (CH)
  • 45. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg (DE)
  • 46. NCSR ''Demokritos'', Institute of Nuclear Physics, Athens (GR)
  • 47. INR, Moscow (RU)
  • 48. Universite Grenoble I/CNRS-IN2P3, LPSC, Grenoble (FR)
  • 49. Sezione di Trieste, INFN, Trieste (IT)
  • 50. Universita di Trieste, Dipartimento di Fisica Teorica, Trieste (IT)
  • 51. Centro Universitario Fundacao Santo Andre, Faculdade de Engenharia, Santo Andre, SP (BR)
  • 52. Institut fuer Hochenergiephysik der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien (AT)
  • 53. Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physics, Baku (AZ)
  • 54. Universite de Montreal, Departement de Physique, Montreal (CA)
  • 55. University College London, Physics and Astronomy Department, London (GB)
  • 56. Universidad de Zaragoza, Departamento de Fisica Teorica, Zaragoza (ES)
  • 57. Universita di Torino and INFN, Dipartimento di Fisica Teorica, Sezione di Torino (IT)
  • 58. SINP MSU, Moscow (RU)
  • 59. UMR 5207, Universite Montpellier II, Laboratoire de Physique Theorique et Astroparticules, Montpellier Cedex 5 (FR)
  • 60. Universidad de Antioquia, Instituto de Fisica, Antioquia (CO)
  • 61. TU Dresden, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Dresden (DE)
  • 62. CEA Saclay, Service de Physique Theorique, Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)
  • 63. CERN, Physics Department, Geneva 23 (CH)
  • 64. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Theoretical Physics, Batavia, IL (US)
  • 65. LAPTH, CNRS, UMR 5108, Chemin de Bellevue BP110, Annecy-le-Vieuy (FR)
  • 66. Universitat de Barcelona, HEP Group, Dept. Estructura i Constituents de la Materia, Barcelona (ES)
  • 67. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies, Barcelona (ES)
  • 68. Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI (CH)
  • 69. TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Physics Department, Ankara (TR)

Description

This chapter of the ''Flavor in the era of LHC'' workshop report discusses flavor-related issues in the production and decays of heavy states at the LHC at high momentum transfer Q, both from the experimental and the theoretical perspective. We review top quark physics, and discuss the flavor aspects of several extensions of the standard model, such as supersymmetry, little Higgs models or models with extra dimensions. This includes discovery aspects, as well as the measurement of several properties of these heavy states. We also present publicly available computational tools related to this topic. (orig.)

Availability note (English)

Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-008-0713-4

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
European Physical Journal. C
Journal Volume
57
Journal Issue
1-2
Series
Flavor in the Era of the LHC. Reports of the CERN Workshop, November 2005-March 2007. Edited by R. Fleischer, T. Hurth and M. L. Mangano
Journal Page Range
p. 183-307
ISSN
1434-6044

Conference

Title
CERN workshop on flavor in the era of the LHC
Dates
Nov 2005 - Mar 2007
Place
Geneva (Switzerland)