ASI - LHC Studies PRAHA - July 10 th 2003 1 Little Higgs searches Little Higgs Searches with ATLAS S. Asai, G. Azuelos, K. Benslama, D. Costanzo, G. Couture, J. E. Garcia, F. Gianotti, I. Hinchliffe, N. Kanaya, M. Lechowski, R. Mehdiyev, G. Polesello, E. Ros, D. Rousseau presented by: M. LECHOWSKI M. LECHOWSKI (LAL-Orsay) The Little Higgs task force
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Little Higgs searches
Little Higgs Searches with ATLAS
S. Asai, G. Azuelos, K. Benslama, D. Costanzo,
G. Couture, J. E. Garcia, F. Gianotti, I. Hinchliffe,
N. Kanaya, M. Lechowski, R. Mehdiyev,
G. Polesello, E. Ros, D. Rousseau
presented by: M. LECHOWSKIM. LECHOWSKI (LAL-Orsay)
The Little Higgs task force
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Little Higgs searches
Little Higgs modelLittle Higgs model
• Motivation :Motivation :
• Quadratic Quadratic divergences :divergences :
• Higgs fields :Higgs fields :
electroweak Planck
hierarchy and fine-tuning problems
bosons fermionsgauge
bosons new quarks
new gauge bosonsquarks
cancellationsSUSY : Little Higgs :
electroweak Planck
Goldstone bosons
pseudo-Goldstone bosons
symmetry breaking
"light" mass
massless
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Little Higgs searches
ParticlesParticles
We have to look for the following particles:We have to look for the following particles:
T heavy top
WH ZH AH
Higgs triplet 0 , + , ++
heavy W± heavy Z heavy
heavy Higgs bosons
±
arXiv:hep-ph/0301040 Phenomenology of the Little Higgs Model
described in :
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Little Higgs searches
Mass Range
Upper limits:Upper limits: to avoid fine tuning scale f < 1 TeV·
• T M < 2 TeV·
mh = 120 GeV M < 0.2 TeV
mh = 200 GeV M < 2 TeV
• WH , ZH, AH M < 6 TeV·
mh = 120 GeV M < 2.2 TeV
mh = 200 GeV M < 6 TeV
M < 10 TeV
2
200
GeVmh
2
200
GeVmh
2
200
GeVmh±
M(WH) M(ZH)±
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Decays
T tZ, bWtZ, bW
thth
ZH, AH l l + + l l --, qq, …, qq, …
ZhZh
WH ll , qq’, …, qq’, …
WW±±hh
++ WW+ + WW++, , l l + + l l --, , ……
discovery discovery
channelchannel
test of the test of the
modelmodel
The modes th, Zh, W±h, … may be difficult to see but are necessary to test the model
±very heavy particlesvery heavy particles
very high pvery high pTT final state final state
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GenerationGeneration
We have used the following software for the analysis:We have used the following software for the analysis:
Once a mass is given, the only free parameter in the model is .
(Z
H)
(fb
) (cot ) 2
cot = 1
q
q
ZH
(ll ) ~ (cot ) 2
(Zh) ~ (cot 2) 2
ZhZh
ee++ee- - + + ++- - + + ++--
12%12%
BR
cot
ZH , WH , AH
NB: (WH) = 2 (ZH) NB: (Wh) for WH = (Zh) for ZH
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Search for ZH
qq ZH ee++ee--
L = 3·105 pb-1
Selection cutsSelection cuts::
• 2 isolated electrons with 2 isolated electrons with ppTT > 20 GeV > 20 GeV and and ||| < 2.5| < 2.5 • minimum invariant mass minimum invariant mass equal to 800 GeVequal to 800 GeV
BackgroundBackground::
Drell-Yan (Drell-Yan (qq Z/ ee++ee- - )) other bkg’s are under evaluationother bkg’s are under evaluation
M(e+e-) (GeV)
N(e
+e- )
bkg
subt
ract
ed
cot = 1.0 S 5000B 20
cot = 0.2 S 100B 8
ZH , WH , AH
MZ = 2 TeVH
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low low .BR(Z.BR(ZH H ee++ee))
Discovery region for ZH
L = 3·105 pb-1
SB
> 5
2 4 6
cot
If ZIf ZHH is found, cot is found, cot can be can be
extracted from extracted from (Z(ZHH) and ) and (Z(ZHH))
Regions with Regions with S/S/B > 5B > 5 and and S > 10S > 10
L = 3·105 pb-1
M < 2.2 TeV for mh = 120 GeV
ZH , WH , AH
exclu
ded
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Deductions for AH ZH , WH , AH
WWHH/Z/ZHH not background for A not background for AHH
M(AH) (GeV)
.BR(A.BR(AHH Z h) min. Z h) min.
fbregion excluded at 95 % CL if we see nothing
• deduced only from study deduced only from study ZH Z h with h • can combine other studiescan combine other studies
• theorical uncertainties (strong theorical uncertainties (strong model-dependencymodel-dependency) for A) for AHH
• can deduce can deduce limits on limits on .BR(A.BR(AHH Z h)Z h) from results for Z from results for ZHH (same decays)(same decays)
• hypothesis : favorable cases where M(Whypothesis : favorable cases where M(WHH/Z/ZHH) and M(A) and M(AHH) are distant ) are distant for each M(A for each M(AHH) ) (resolution of M(W(resolution of M(WHH/Z/ZHH) being 45 ) being 45 80 GeV) 80 GeV)
( Couplings might be suppressed in the little Higgs model )
++
M(++) (GeV)
1) Forward jet tagPT(j1) > 40 GeV
PT(j2) > 20 GeV| | < 3.8 Mjj > 600 GeV
2) Central jet veto
3) selection cuts
4) Same charge for
-jet and lepton
Required .BR(++++) (fb) for 5 discovery :
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Summary
T tZtZ M=1 TeV :M=1 TeV : S/ S/B B >5 >5 ((1 1 = = 22))
th th M=0.7, 1M=0.7, 11.3 TeV :1.3 TeV : visible at 3 visible at 3
ZH e e ++e e -- easily visible easily visible for M for M < < 2TeV2TeV
ZhZh
WH WW±±hh
++ WW+ + WW+ + M=1.5 TeV :M=1.5 TeV : visible at 5visible at 5 for v' for v' > > 67GeV67GeV
+ + ++ M=0.7M=0.71.5 TeV :1.5 TeV : visible at 5 visible at 5
±M=1 (2) TeV :M=1 (2) TeV : S/ S/B=27 (5)B=27 (5)
ll ++ll
-- bbbb qqqq
M=1 (2) TeV :M=1 (2) TeV : S/ S/B=50 (5)B=50 (5)
qqqq L = 3·105 pb-1
l l ++l l ++
3b3b l l ++
33l l bb
3b3b l l
discovery discovery
channelchanneltest of the test of the
modelmodel
for for ..BRBR((++++++++)) >> 2fb 2fb
(cot(cot=0.5)=0.5)
(cot(cot=0.5)=0.5)
l l ±± bbbb
M=1 TeV :M=1 TeV : S/ S/B=69B=69 (cot(cot=0.5)=0.5)
for for ..BRBR((TTthth)) >> 525, 220 fb 525, 220 fb
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Conclusions
The search for particles The search for particles predicted by the Little Higgs predicted by the Little Higgs models using the ATLAS detector models using the ATLAS detector has started . has started .
A large part of parameter space A large part of parameter space will be covered .will be covered .
Work also done on following channels:Work also done on following channels: (but no time to show)(but no time to show)
• TT th th andand Z ZHH Zh Zh with with M(h) = 200 M(h) = 200 GeVGeV
• ++++ W W++WW++ ljj andand ++++ ee++ee++, , ++++
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Additionnal slides
• b-tagging for ZH Zh with h bb
• without reconstructing W/Z for WH / ZH W/Z h with h