Dark decay of the top quark
Abstract
We suggest top quark decays as a venue to search for light dark force carriers. Top quark is the heaviest particle in the standard model whose decays are relatively poorly measured, allowing sufficient room for exotic decay modes from new physics. A very light (GeV scale) dark gauge boson (Z') is a recently highlighted hypothetical particle that can address some astrophysical anomalies as well as the 3.6 σ deviation in the muon g-2 measurement. We present and study a possible scenario that top quark decays as t → b W + Z's. This is the same as the dominant top quark decay (t → b W) accompanied by one or multiple dark force carriers. The Z' can be easily boosted, and it can decay into highly collimated leptons (lepton-jet) with large branching ratio. In addition, we discuss the implications for the Large Hadron Collider experiments including the analysis based on the lepton-jets.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (United States)
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA (United States); Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
- The Univ. of Tokyo, Kashiwa (Japan)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1128911
- Report Number(s):
- JLAB-THY-14-1840; DOE/OR/23177-3039; arXiv:1401.5020
Journal ID: ISSN 1550-7998; PRVDAQ; TRN: US1600828
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-06OR23177
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 89; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 1550-7998
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
Citation Formats
Kong, Kyoungchul, Lee, Hye -Sung, and Park, Myeonghun. Dark decay of the top quark. United States: N. p., 2014.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.89.074007.
Kong, Kyoungchul, Lee, Hye -Sung, & Park, Myeonghun. Dark decay of the top quark. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.89.074007
Kong, Kyoungchul, Lee, Hye -Sung, and Park, Myeonghun. Tue .
"Dark decay of the top quark". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.89.074007. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1128911.
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title = {Dark decay of the top quark},
author = {Kong, Kyoungchul and Lee, Hye -Sung and Park, Myeonghun},
abstractNote = {We suggest top quark decays as a venue to search for light dark force carriers. Top quark is the heaviest particle in the standard model whose decays are relatively poorly measured, allowing sufficient room for exotic decay modes from new physics. A very light (GeV scale) dark gauge boson (Z') is a recently highlighted hypothetical particle that can address some astrophysical anomalies as well as the 3.6 σ deviation in the muon g-2 measurement. We present and study a possible scenario that top quark decays as t → b W + Z's. This is the same as the dominant top quark decay (t → b W) accompanied by one or multiple dark force carriers. The Z' can be easily boosted, and it can decay into highly collimated leptons (lepton-jet) with large branching ratio. In addition, we discuss the implications for the Large Hadron Collider experiments including the analysis based on the lepton-jets.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.89.074007},
journal = {Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology},
number = 7,
volume = 89,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
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