Published August 19, 2011 | Version v1
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Probing New Top Physics at the LHCb Experiment

Creators

  • 1. Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100 (Israel)
  • 2. Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221 (United States)
  • 3. Department of Physics, University of Ljubljana, Jadranska 19, 1000 Ljubljana (Slovenia)
  • 4. J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, P.O. Box 3000, 1001 Ljubljana (Slovenia)
  • 5. Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244 (United States)

Description

We suggest that top quark physics can be studied at the LHCb experiment and that top quark production could be observed. Since LHCb covers a large pseudorapidity region in the forward direction, it has unique abilities to probe new physics in the top quark sector. Furthermore, we demonstrate that LHCb may be able to measure a tt production rate asymmetry and, thus, indirectly probe an anomalous forward-backward tt asymmetry in the forward region, a possibility suggested by the enhanced forward-backward asymmetry reported by the CDF experiment.

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.082003;
arXiv
arXiv:1103.3747v2;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
107
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
p. 082003-082003.4
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
43083726
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
ASYMMETRY; CERN LHC; FERMILAB COLLIDER DETECTOR; PARTICLE RAPIDITY; T QUARKS
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUARKS; RADIATION DETECTORS; STORAGE RINGS; SYNCHROTRONS; TOP PARTICLES

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