Top quark forward-backward asymmetry at Tevatron and its implications at the LHC
Abstract
The measurement of forward-backward asymmetry in the top and anti-top quark () production has been recently reconfirmed by the CDF Collaboration and shows a more than deviation from the Standard Model(SM) prediction in the large invariant mass region. Models with new W or Z bosons have been invoked to explain this deviation. In the context of these models we perform a analysis with all the available experimental numbers in different and bins. We show that for the model the region of parameter space which explain the Tevatron asymmetry can be probed in the same sign top production channel by Tevatron itself. Moreover, we consider a recently proposed observable, the one sided forward-backward asymmetry () at the LHC and conclude that both the W and Z models can lead to sizable even at the LHC running at a center of mass energy of 7 TeV for the model parameters consistent with the Tevatron measurements.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1102.0545,
title = {Top quark forward-backward asymmetry at Tevatron and its implications at the LHC},
author = {Biplob Bhattacherjee and Sudhansu S. Biswal and Diptimoy Ghosh},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.0545},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
12 pages, 8 figures, discussions and references added, accepted for publication in Physical Review D (Rapid Communications)