Searches for - non-SUSY - new physics at ATLAS
Tülay Çuhadar Dönszelmann
University of Sheffield (On behalf of the ATLAS collaboration)
23rd Rencontres de Blois
Introduction § Within the SM itself and based on calculations on SM:
§ Naturalness problem: Mass of yet-to-be-discovered Higgs boson Higgs? SUSY? �
§ CP violation in SM not enough: Why more matter than antimatter? " " " "Does CKM triangle close? New flavor?
§ Completely absent from SM: § No unification of the 3 forces
" " " "Technicolor? E6? �§ Also where is gravity?
" " " "Extra dimensions?�§ Why three families?
4th generation?�§ Arbitrary “input” parameters. Why is md>mu? Why me<mn-mp?
[See talk on Monday by Rohini Godbole – “Review of SUSY and Extra Dimensions”]
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Outline
§ Di-jet resonance § ttbar resonance § Leptoquarks § Fourth generation quarks § New Heavy bosons § Contact interaction § Randall-Sundrum Graviton
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New physics in di-jet events § These ‘2 → 2’ scattering
processes are well described within SM § sensitive to new phenomena
§ Observables : § Di-jet invariant mass § Di-jet angular distributions of
energetic jets relative to the beam axis
§ Events with two highest pT jets recoiling back to back with rapidities, y1 and y2
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arxiv:1103.3864 J. Phys. 13 (2011) 053044
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Di-jet angular distribution
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Di-jet Results
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ttbar Resonances § Signature : (At least one W reconstructed leptonically):
§ High pT isolated lepton (e,µ), at least four jets and large missing energy
§ Observable : § Invariant mass of ttbar computed from the reconstructed objects in the final
state § Objects are not assigned to either of the t (i.e. no t reconstruction)
§ Two methods to reconstruct ttbar: 4 hardest jets - four highest pT jets and dRmin method - as “4 hardest jet”, removes jet if ΔR(j,ℓ) > 2.5-0.015×mj
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Limits on ttbar Resonances
§ The observed cross section limits on σ×Br(Z’ → ttbar) ranges from 55 pb at M = 500 GeV to 2.2 pb at M=1000 GeV
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Leptoquarks searches
§ Leptoquarks – particles that carry both lepton and baryon quantum numbers
§ Many models predict leptoquarks § Quark and lepton sub-structure § Theories seek GUT § Extended technicolor
§ LQ search - LQ pair production e/µ for 1st/2nd LQ generation through ℓℓjj and ℓνjj
Leptoquark production from qqbar annihilation or gluon fusion (hep-ph/9808413v1)
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arxiv:1104.4481 accepted by PRD
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Leptoquarks searches § Observables:
§ For ℓℓjj : Transverse energy in the event or for ℓνjj : Transverse mass
§ Backgrounds : § ℓℓljj : Z+jet and ttbar and ℓvjj : W+jets and ttbar
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Limits on Leptoquarks
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The most stringent results to date
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Fourth generation quarks § Fourth generation is not excluded with the EW fit § Pair production of Q4
§ Ws decay leptonically § Discriminating variables : HT and MQ4 (assignments of particles that makes Q4 mass difference minimum)
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Introduction for new heavy bosons
§ Many models predict additional new heavy gauge bosons beyond SM (W’(*),Z’(*)) § Sequential Standard Model (SSM)
§ Same coupling to fermions as SM § Width increases linearly with W’/Z’ mass
§ GUT E6 inspired Z’ § Different model leads to specific Z’ states :
§ New Chiral boson spin 1 bosons - W*, Z* § Excited bosons § Different couplings to fermions (magnetic moment type)
§ Previous lower Limits [TeV]
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W’ and W* searches § Signature :
§ High pT isolated lepton (e,µ) and large missing energy
§ Observable : § Transverse mass
§ Backgrounds § W → ℓν (irreducible) Drell-Yan, ttbar, di-boson QCD multi-jet, Cosmic rays
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arxiv:1103.1391 Accepted by PLB
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Results on W’ and W* e/µ combined result for W’ e/µ combined result for W*
§ No evidence for an excess found § Lower limits on W’ and W* are set at 95% C.L. mW’ > 1490 GeV and mW* >1350 GeV (the most stringent to date)
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Di-lepton resonances § Signature: Opposite charge, same flavor di-lepton (e+e-/µ+µ-) § Observable : invariant mass of di-lepton § Backgrounds: Z/γ* (Drell-Yan), QCD , ttbar, di-boson (WW/WZ and
ZZ), W+jets § Signals : Z’ (PYTHIA), Z* (CompHEP using CTEQ6L1)
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arxiv:1103.6218 accepted by PLB
p-values for electron and muon are 5% and 22% - no statistically significant excess above the SM
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Results on Z’ and Z*
§ No evidence for resonance found
§ The e+e-/µ+µ- combined mass limits @95 C.L.
MZ’ (SSM) > 1.048 TeV MZ* > 1.152 TeV (first
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(Z’S and Z’I are the more stringent than previous results)
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§ CI model introduces hypothetical constituents of quarks and leptons that are bound together by a energy scale Λ
§ To estimate level of agreement data and MC
§ SM only pseudo experiments generated § Deviation from the SM quantified
Contact Interactions in di-muon events
§ Use the same event selection as in heavy resonance searches § Signal broad deviation from SM not a peak
95% C.L. Λ- >4.9 TeV Λ+ > 4.5 TeV
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§ RS introduces an extra spatial dimension to resolve hierarchy problem :
§ The only propagator : Gravitons and Graviton excitation (Kaluza-Klein tower) § Search for G ⟶γγ ( G could also decay to pairs of fermions or bosons)
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Conclusions
§ With the very successful LHC run in 2010, 45 pb-1 data were collected at 7 TeV
§ Many BSM scenarios studied
§ No deviations from the SM found so far § We were able to set limits (some of the world’s best
limits) at TeV scale
2011 data taking is going very well and we are already exploring new regions ..
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BACKUP
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ttbar : Limits with “4-hardest jet”
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Di-electron candidate (Z’ search) Highest invariant mass di-electron event with 617 GeV: The highest momentum electron pT = 279 GeV η = 1.22 φ = 1.74 The trailing electron pT = 276 GeV η = 0.28 φ = -1.40
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