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Vector resonances in weak-boson-fusion at future pp colliders

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-10-08 v3 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

We present a first estimate of the reach of future pp colliders, the 14 TeV LHC and a futuristic 100 TeV pp collider, on a vector resonance, specifically a WW^{'}, produced via weak-boson-fusion, and decaying dominantly into tbtb. The analysis is motivated by Composite Higgs, Randall-Sundrum and Little Higgs scenarios, which predict the existence of vector resonances with a large coupling to WW and ZZ longitudinal bosons. In particular, in composite Higgs models with partial compositeness, the standard Drell-Yan production channel is suppressed at large coupling while the weak-boson-fusion is enhanced and could thus provide a unique opportunity to directly test the large coupling regime of the theory. We outline a search strategy for the WW^{'} in the weak-boson-fusion channel and present the reach of future colliders on the WW^{'} mass-coupling parameter space.

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@article{arxiv.1507.03940,
  title  = {Vector resonances in weak-boson-fusion at future pp colliders},
  author = {Kirtimaan Mohan and Natascia Vignaroli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.03940},
  year   = {2015}
}

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v2: References added. v3: matches version published in JHEP

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