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Is the Top Quark Really Heavier than the $W$ Boson?

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-10-22 v1

Abstract

Scalar induced top decays may drastically suppress B(tν+jet)B(t\to \ell\nu + jet) and still hide the top below MWM_W. The ppˉp\bar p collider experiments should enlarge the scope and study the mtB(tνj)m_t - B(t\to\ell\nu j) plane. Specific model signatures such as tch0cbbˉt\to ch^0\to cb\bar b (multiple high pTp_T bb-jets) and tbH+bcsˉt\to bH^+\to bc\bar s, bτ+νb\tau^+\nu (with B(t\to b\tau\nu) \ \raisebox{-.5ex}{\rlap{\sim}} \raisebox{.4ex}{<}\ 1/3) should be explored. Without ruling out these possibilities, isolated lepton signals in the future might actually be due to the 4th generation tt^\prime or bb^\prime quark, while top quark and toponium physics could still turn up at LEP-II.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9312360,
  title  = {Is the Top Quark Really Heavier than the $W$ Boson?},
  author = {Wei-Shu Hou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9312360},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

11 pages (RevTex), 3 figures (not included), NTUTH-93-09