Observing strongly interacting vector boson systems at the CERN Large Hadron Collider

被引:32
作者
Englert, C. [1 ]
Jaeger, B. [2 ,3 ]
Worek, M. [1 ,4 ]
Zeppenfeld, D. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Karlsruhe, ITP, D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
[2] Univ Wurzburg, Inst Theoret Phys & Astrophys, D-97074 Wurzburg, Germany
[3] KEK Theory Div, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050801, Japan
[4] Silesian Univ, Inst Phys, PL-40007 Katowice, Poland
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 2009年 / 80卷 / 03期
基金
日本学术振兴会;
关键词
ELECTROWEAK SYMMETRY-BREAKING; GOLD-PLATED MODES; HEAVY HIGGS-BOSON; WW DECAY MODE; WEAK INTERACTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONS; HIGH-ENERGIES; MASS; COLLISIONS; PHYSICS;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevD.80.035027
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We explore the potential of the CERN Large Hadron Collider to access a strongly interacting electroweak symmetry breaking sector via weak boson scattering with W(+)W(-)jj, ZZjj, and W(+/-)Zjj final states. As examples of models with scalar or vector resonances we concentrate on a scenario with a heavy Higgs boson and on a warped Higgsless Kaluza-Klein model of narrow spin-one resonances. The signal and the most prominent background processes are evaluated using exact tree-level matrix elements including full off-shell and finite width effects for final states with two tagging jets and four leptons. Using double forward jet-tagging techniques, we derive dedicated cuts on the observable jets and charged leptons to suppress standard model backgrounds. We demonstrate that the LHC has substantial sensitivity to strong interactions in the electroweak symmetry breaking sector.
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