Top quark spin correlations in the Randall-Sundrum model at the CERN Large Hadron Collider

Abstract

In the Randall-Sundrum model, we study top-antitop pair production and top spin correlations at the Large Hadron Collider. In addition to the standard model processes, there is a new contribution to the top-antitop pair production process mediated by graviton Kaluza-Klein modes in the s-channel. We calculate the density matrix for the top-antitop pair production including the new contribution. With a reasonable parameter choice in the Randall-Sundrum model, we find a sizable deviation of the top-antitop pair production cross section and the top spin correlations from those in the standard model. In particular, resonant productions of the graviton Kaluza-Klein modes give rise to a remarkable enhancement of such a deviation.

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Keywords
PAIR PRODUCTION, ANGULAR-CORRELATIONS, DECAY, DIMENSIONS, HIERARCHY, TEVATRON, POLARIZATION, MILLIMETER, FERMILAB, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics, Particles & Fields, Physics
Citation
Arai, M., Okada, N., Smolek, K., Šimák, V. (2007): Top Quark Spin Correlations in the Randall-Sundrum Model at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. Physical Review D, 75(9). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.75.095008