%0 Generic %1 Theory-Top-NewPhysics-HighMttbar %A Barger, Vernon %A Han, Tao %A Walker, Devin G. E. %D 2006 %K LHC new physics quark top %R 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.031801 %T Top Quark Pairs at High Invariant Mass - A Model-Independent Discriminator of New Physics at the LHC %U http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0612016 %X We study top quark pair production to probe new physics at the LHC. We propose reconstruction methods for $tt$ semileptonic events and use them to reconstruct the $tt$ invariant mass. The angular distribution of top quarks in their c.m. frame can determine the spin and production subprocess for each new physics resonance. Forward-backward asymmetry and CP-odd variables can be constructed to further delineate the nature of new physics. We parametrize the new resonances with a few generic parameters and show high invariant mass top pair production may provide an early indicator for new physics beyond the Standard Model.

@misc{Theory-Top-NewPhysics-HighMttbar, abstract = {We study top quark pair production to probe new physics at the LHC. We propose reconstruction methods for $t\bar{t}$ semileptonic events and use them to reconstruct the $t\bar{t}$ invariant mass. The angular distribution of top quarks in their c.m. frame can determine the spin and production subprocess for each new physics resonance. Forward-backward asymmetry and CP-odd variables can be constructed to further delineate the nature of new physics. We parametrize the new resonances with a few generic parameters and show high invariant mass top pair production may provide an early indicator for new physics beyond the Standard Model.}, added-at = {2012-10-25T15:31:56.000+0200}, author = {Barger, Vernon and Han, Tao and Walker, Devin G. E.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/298da390c9364f248374e15aff1f1e214/kreczko}, description = {Top Quark Pairs at High Invariant Mass - A Model-Independent Discriminator of New Physics at the LHC}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.031801}, interhash = {cb491ba2b42e069e69ebea02eb6a48f1}, intrahash = {98da390c9364f248374e15aff1f1e214}, keywords = {LHC new physics quark top}, note = {arxiv:hep-ph/0612016}, timestamp = {2014-07-27T00:02:59.000+0200}, title = {{Top Quark Pairs at High Invariant Mass - A Model-Independent Discriminator of New Physics at the LHC}}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0612016}, year = 2006 }