FCNC-induced heavy-quark events at the LHC from Supersymmetry

dc.creatorBejar, Santi
dc.creatorGuasch, Jaume
dc.creatorLopez-Val, David
dc.creatorSola, Joan
dc.date2008-05-07
dc.date2008-09-02
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:50:37Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:50:37Z
dc.descriptionWe analyze the production and subsequent decay of the neutral Higgs bosons of the MSSM into electrically neutral quark pairs qq'=bs,tc of different flavors at the LHC and compare with the direct FCNC production mechanisms. The cross-sections are computed in the unconstrained MSSM with minimal flavor-mixing sources and taking into account the stringent bounds from radiative B-meson decays. We extend the results previously found for these FCNC processes, which are singularly uncommon in the SM. Specifically, we report here on the SUSY-EW contribution of the Higgs-mediated FCNC cross-section into bs and tc final states and the SUSY-QCD and SUSY-EW contributions to bs-production. In this way, the complete map of MSSM predictions for the qq'-pairs produced at the LHC becomes available. The upshot is that the most favorable channels are: 1) the Higgs boson FCNC decays into bs, and 2) the direct production of tc pairs, both of them at the 1 pb level and mediated by SUSY-QCD effects. If, however, the latter are suppressed, we find a small SUSY-EW yield for the tc-production through Higgs decays but, at the same time, a cross-section of 0.1-1 pb for bs-production, which implies a significant number (10^4-10^5) of bs-pairs per 100 inverse femtobarn of integrated luminosity.
dc.descriptionLaTeX, 17 pages, 4 figures, 4 tables. Extended discussion. Accepted in Phys. Lett. B
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0805.0973
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0805.0973
dc.identifierPhys.Lett.B668:364-372,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/j.physletb.2008.09.002
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/203614
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleFCNC-induced heavy-quark events at the LHC from Supersymmetry
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