Color Sextet Scalars in Early LHC Experiments
Edmond L. Berger, Qing-Hong Cao, Chuan-Ren Chen, Gabe Shaughnessy, and, Hao Zhang
TL;DR
This paper investigates the early LHC's ability to discover exotic color sextet scalars through same-sign top pair production, including full spin correlations, and shows how to measure their properties with minimal data.
Contribution
It provides the first collider phenomenology analysis of color sextet scalars with top quark spin correlations included.
Findings
Scalar mass can be measured with 1 fb^{-1} of data.
Top polarization distinguishes scalar types.
Scalar resonance can be confirmed early in LHC runs.
Abstract
We explore the potential for discovery of an exotic color sextet scalar in same-sign top quark pair production in early running at the LHC. We present the first phenomenological analysis at colliders of color sextet scalars with full top quark spin correlations included. We demonstrate that one can measure the scalar mass, the top quark polarization, and confirm the scalar resonance with 1 inverse fb of integrated luminosity. The top quark polarization can distinguish gauge triplet and singlet scalars.
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