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arxiv: 1104.3139 · v2 · pith:PCOWKB3Nnew · submitted 2011-04-15 · ✦ hep-ph

Top quark asymmetry and dijet resonances

classification ✦ hep-ph
keywords anomalyassociationasymmetrydijetdistributionflavorobservedproduced
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CDF recently reported an anomaly in the $m_{jj}$ distribution of dijet events produced in association with a $W$ boson. If this anomaly is associated with a new flavor conserving vector resonance, $V$, one might have expected to observe effects in the analogous $m_{jj}$ distribution produced in association with a $\gamma$. No such excess is observed. A single $u-t-V$ flavor changing coupling, however, can contribute to the $m_{jj}$ anomaly while being consistent with other resonance searches. Furthermore, it gives a potential explanation of the observed forward-backward asymmetry in top quark production.

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