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The CDF dijet excess from intrinsic quarks

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2011-12-12 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory

Abstract

The CDF collaboration reported an excess in the production of two jets in association with a WW. We discuss constraints on possible new particle state interpretations of this excess. The fact of no statistically significant deviation from the SM expectation for {ZZ+dijet} events in CDF data disfavors the new particle explanation. We show that the nucleon intrinsic strange quarks provide an important contribution to the WW boson production in association with a single top quark production. Such {WW+t} single top quark production can contribute to the CDF {WW+dijet} excess, thus the nucleon intrinsic quarks can provide a possible explanation to the CDF excess in {WW+dijet} but not in {ZZ+dijet} events.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1104.1894,
  title  = {The CDF dijet excess from intrinsic quarks},
  author = {Xiao-Gang He and Bo-Qiang Ma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.1894},
  year   = {2011}
}

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4 latex pages, 1 figure. Version for journal publication

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