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arxiv: 1109.0648 · v2 · pith:QPX5NKZMnew · submitted 2011-09-03 · ✦ hep-ph · hep-ex

Very Light Axigluons and the Top Asymmetry

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keywords lightaxigluonsveryasymmetrysearchesanomalousappearbelow
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We show that very light (50 - 90 GeV) axigluons with flavor-universal couplings of order g_{s}/3 may explain the anomalous top forward-backward asymmetry reported by both CDF and D0 collaborations. The model is naturally consistent with the observed t \bar t invariant mass distribution and evades bounds from light Higgs searches, LEP event shapes, and hadronic observables at the Z pole. Very light axigluons can appear as resonances in multijet events, but searches require sensitivity to masses below current limits.

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