Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2012-04-11
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
26 pages, 9 figures, 10 Tables
Scientific paper
Vector-like quarks are introduced in various new physics models beyond the standard model (SM) at the TeV scale. We especially consider the case that the quark is singlet (triplet) under the SU(2)$_L$ (SU(3)$_c$) gauge group and couples only to the third generation quarks of the SM. The vector-like quark of this kind is often called a top partner. The top partoner $t_p$ decays into $bW, tZ$ and $th$. In the ATLAS and CMS collaborations, the top partner has been searched in the final states of $bW$ and $tZ$, while the search based on the decay mode $t_p\to th$ has not been started yet. However, the decay into $th$ is important since it is significantly enhanced if some strong dynamics exists in the TeV scale. In the presence of a light higgs boson, the decay mode $t_p\to th$ followed by $h\to b\bar{b}$ produces three bottom quarks. We study the sensitivity for the top partner using multi-b-jet events at the 8 TeV run of the LHC experiment. The multi-b-jet eventss turn out to play a complementary role to the existing $t_p\rightarrow bW$ and $tZ$ searches by the ATLAS and CMS collaborations.
Harigaya Keisuke
Matsumoto Shigeki
Nojiri Mihoko M.
Tobioka Kohsaku
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