QCD Interconnection Effects

TL;DR

This paper investigates how the hadronic decay systems of short-lived heavy particles like W, Z, and top quarks can become interconnected during hadronization at Linear Collider energies, potentially affecting experimental measurements.

Contribution

It provides a theoretical analysis of interconnection effects in heavy particle decays at high energies, a topic with limited prior exploration.

Findings

Potential interconnection effects can influence decay measurements.

The study offers predictions for interconnection phenomena at Linear Collider energies.

Implications for precision measurements of heavy particle properties.

Abstract

Heavy objects like the W, Z and t are short-lived compared with typical hadronization times. When pairs of such particles are produced, the subsequent hadronic decay systems may therefore become interconnected. We study such potential effects at Linear Collider energies.