Color Triplet Diquarks at the LHC

TL;DR

This paper explores the potential for detecting color triplet diquarks, predicted by supersymmetric models with baryon number violation, at the LHC through their distinctive decay signatures.

Contribution

It introduces a model predicting observable diquark production at the LHC and analyzes their detection prospects via decay into top quarks and jets.

Findings

Scalar diquarks with masses between a few hundred GeV and 1 TeV can be produced at the LHC.

Diquarks decay into a top quark and a hadronic jet, providing a detectable signature.

Potential for observing baryon number violating processes at collider experiments.

Abstract

We consider a class of supersymmetric models containing baryon number violating processes such as observable neutron - antineutron oscillations that are mediated by color triplet diquark fields. For plausible values of the diquark-quark couplings, the scalar diquark with mass between a few hundred GeV and one TeV or so can be produced in the s-channel at the LHC and detected through its decay into a top quark and a hadronic jet.