A search for excited quarks at the CERN LHC

We have studied the production of excited quarks q* of spin-1/2 predicted by composite models. Production rates, signatures and backgrounds are discussed for the CERN LHC. We estimate the discovery mass reach for excited quarks decaying to photon+jet.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Cakir, O, Mehdiyev, R
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 1999
Materias:
Detectors and Experimental Techniques
Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/683799
Descripción
Sumario:We have studied the production of excited quarks q* of spin-1/2 predicted by composite models. Production rates, signatures and backgrounds are discussed for the CERN LHC. We estimate the discovery mass reach for excited quarks decaying to photon+jet.

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