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Top Quark Asymmetries and Unparticle Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2013-02-21 v2

Abstract

Among different measured observables of top-antitop quark pairs at hadron colliders, the forward-backward asymmetry (AFBA_{\text{FB}}) measured by the CDF and D0 collaborations has inconsistency with the Standard Model prediction. The measured forward-backward asymmetry grows with ttˉt\bar{t} invariant mass. Several new physics models have been proposed to explain this deviation. We consider the consistency of the parameter space of vector unparticle (in Flavor-Conserving scenario) with the existing ttˉt\bar{t} production measurements. In particular, we look at the total cross sections at the LHC and Tevatron, differential cross section with ttˉt\bar{t} invariant mass, and the LHC charge asymmetry to identify the regions in parameter space that can give the desired top AFBA_{\text{FB}} observed by the Tevatron. We show that in spite of the intrinsic tension between the LHC charge asymmetry and AFBA_{\text{FB}}, there exists a region in the unparticle parameters space where the top AFBA_{\text{FB}} and the LHC charge asymmetry are satisfied simultaneously. Finally, we show that the consistent region with ttˉt\bar{t} observables is consistent with the constraints coming from the dijet resonance searches.

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@article{arxiv.1207.6689,
  title  = {Top Quark Asymmetries and Unparticle Physics},
  author = {Sara Khatibi and Mojtaba Mohammadi Najafabadi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.6689},
  year   = {2013}
}

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12 pages,5 figures