Top Quark Forward-Backward Asymmetry and Same-Sign Top Quark Pairs

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2011-01-28

arxiv.org/abs/1101.5625v2

Phys.Rev.Lett.106:201801,2011

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Tevatron limit from same-sign tt search added

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.201801

The top quark forward-backward asymmetry measured at the Tevatron collider shows a large deviation from standard model expectations. Among possible interpretations, a non-universal $Z^\prime$ model is of particular interest as it naturally predicts a top quark in the forward region of large rapidity. To reproduce the size of the asymmetry, the couplings of the $Z^\prime$ to standard model quarks must be large, inevitably leading to copious production of same-sign top quark pairs at the energies of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). We explore the discovery potential for $tt$ and $ttj$ production in early LHC experiments at 7-8 TeV and conclude that if {\it no} $tt$ signal is observed with 1 fb$^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity, then a non-universal $Z^\prime$ alone cannot explain the Tevatron forward-backward asymmetry.

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