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Disorder and Mimesis at Hadron Colliders

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2019-10-03 v2

Abstract

We discuss how systems with a large number of degrees of freedom and disorder in their mass matrix can play a role in particle physics. We derive results on their mass spectra using, where applicable, QFT techniques. We study concrete realizations of these scenarios in the context of the LHC and HL-LHC, showing that collider events with a large number of soft b-quark jets can be common. Such final states can hide these models from current searches at the LHC. This motivates the ongoing effort aimed at lowering trigger thresholds and expanding data scouting.

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@article{arxiv.1902.05535,
  title  = {Disorder and Mimesis at Hadron Colliders},
  author = {Raffaele Tito D'Agnolo and Matthew Low},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.05535},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

34 pages, 19 figures, v2: minor changes, added references

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