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Title: Weak interaction sum rules for polarized tt production at the CERN LHC

Abstract

We consider two polarization asymmetries in the process of top-antitop production at LHC. We show that the theoretical predictions for these two quantities, at the strong and electroweak partonic one-loop level, are free of QCD and QED effects. At this perturbative level we derive two sum rules, that relate measurable quantities of top-antitop production to genuinely weak inputs. This would allow to perform two independent tests of the candidate theoretical model, with a precision that will be fixed by the future experimental accuracies of the different polarization measurements. A tentative quantitative illustration of this statement for a specific minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM) scenario is enclosed, and a generalization to include two other future realistic measurements is also proposed.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [2]
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  1. Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Lecce, Via Arnesano, 73100 Lecce (Italy)
  2. (Italy)
  3. Laboratoire de Physique Theorique et Astroparticules, UMR 5207, Universite Montpellier II, F-34095 Montpellier Cedex 5 (France)
  4. Dipartimento di Fisica Teorica, Universita di Trieste, Strada Costiera 14, Miramare, Trieste (Italy)
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OSTI Identifier:
20713807
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields; Journal Volume: 72; Journal Issue: 9; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.72.093001; (c) 2005 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; ACCURACY; ASYMMETRY; CERN LHC; GLUONS; INCLUSIVE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; POLARIZATION; PROTON-PROTON INTERACTIONS; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; STANDARD MODEL; SUM RULES; SUPERSYMMETRY; T QUARKS; WEAK INTERACTIONS

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Beccaria, M., INFN, Sezione di Lecce, Renard, F.M., Verzegnassi, C., and INFN, Sezione di Trieste. Weak interaction sum rules for polarized tt production at the CERN LHC. United States: N. p., 2005. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.72.093001.
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Beccaria, M., INFN, Sezione di Lecce, Renard, F.M., Verzegnassi, C., & INFN, Sezione di Trieste. Weak interaction sum rules for polarized tt production at the CERN LHC. United States. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.72.093001.
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Beccaria, M., INFN, Sezione di Lecce, Renard, F.M., Verzegnassi, C., and INFN, Sezione di Trieste. Tue . "Weak interaction sum rules for polarized tt production at the CERN LHC". United States. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.72.093001.
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@article{osti_20713807,
title = {Weak interaction sum rules for polarized tt production at the CERN LHC},
author = {Beccaria, M. and INFN, Sezione di Lecce and Renard, F.M. and Verzegnassi, C. and INFN, Sezione di Trieste},
abstractNote = {We consider two polarization asymmetries in the process of top-antitop production at LHC. We show that the theoretical predictions for these two quantities, at the strong and electroweak partonic one-loop level, are free of QCD and QED effects. At this perturbative level we derive two sum rules, that relate measurable quantities of top-antitop production to genuinely weak inputs. This would allow to perform two independent tests of the candidate theoretical model, with a precision that will be fixed by the future experimental accuracies of the different polarization measurements. A tentative quantitative illustration of this statement for a specific minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM) scenario is enclosed, and a generalization to include two other future realistic measurements is also proposed.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.72.093001},
journal = {Physical Review. D, Particles Fields},
number = 9,
volume = 72,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 2005},
month = {Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 2005}
}
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DOI:  10.1103/PhysRevD.72.093001
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