Production and decays of the light pseudoscalar boson $η$ at the LHC in the simplest little Higgs model

dc.creatorCheung, Kingman
dc.creatorSong, Jeonghyeon
dc.creatorTseng, Poyan
dc.creatorYan, Qi-Shu
dc.date2008-06-27
dc.date2008-07-08
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:27:26Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:27:26Z
dc.descriptionIn many extensions of the standard model, the Higgs sector often contains an additional pseudoscalar boson. A good example is the SU(3) simplest little Higgs model, which accommodates a light pseudoscalar boson $η$ with quite different characteristics from those in other multi-Higgs-doublet models. We study various phenomenological signatures of the $η$ at the LHC. In particular, we calculate in details both production and decays in the Drell-Yan type channel $q \bar{q} \to Z/Z' \to h η$, and in the associated production with a $t\bar t$ pair, $gg (q\bar q) \to t \bar t η$. We emphasize the $τ^+ τ^-$ decay mode of the $η$ boson when its mass is below the $b\bar b$ threshold. We show that $t\bar t η$ production is in fact large enough to give a sizable number of events while suppressing the backgrounds. We also comment on the direct gluon fusion process and the indirect decay from the heavy $T$ quark ($T \to t η$)
dc.description25 pages, 10 figures; references added
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0806.4411
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0806.4411
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D78:055015,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.78.055015
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/215204
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleProduction and decays of the light pseudoscalar boson $η$ at the LHC in the simplest little Higgs model
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