Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2007-11-24
JHEP 0802:014,2008
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
42 pages, 12 figures
Scientific paper
10.1088/1126-6708/2008/02/014
We consider the application of endpoint techniques to the problem of mass determination for new particles produced at a hadron collider, where these particles decay to an invisible particle of unknown mass and one or more visible particles of known mass. We also consider decays of these types for pair-produced particles and in each case consider situations both with and without initial state radiation. We prove that, in most (but not all) cases, the endpoint of an appropriate transverse mass observable, considered as a function of the unknown mass of the invisible particle, has a kink at the true value of the invisible particle mass. The co-ordinates of the kink yield the masses of the decaying particle and the invisible particle. We discuss the prospects for implementing this method at the LHC.
Barr Alan J.
Gripaios Ben
Lester Christopher G.
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