Scalars from Top-condensation Models at Hadron Colliders
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-10-31 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract
We study the production and decay of neutral scalars and pseudo-scalars at hadron colliders, in theories where the top-quark mass is the result of a condensate. We show that the dominant decay channel for masses below the threshold is the flavor changing mode . This is a consequence of the non-universal nature of the underlying interactions in all top-condensation models and provides a model-independent signature of these scenarios. We show that an upgraded Tevatron is sensitive to a sizeable region of the interesting parameter space and that the LHC will highly constrain these models through this flavor violating channel.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9905347,
title = {Scalars from Top-condensation Models at Hadron Colliders},
author = {Gustavo Burdman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9905347},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 4 figures. Minor changes in figures for readibility. final version to appear in PRL