Tuesday, June 5, 2012

1206.0659 (A. W. Jung)

Searches for New Physics in Top Events at the Tevatron    [PDF]

A. W. Jung
Recent results of searches for new physics in top events at the Tevatron are presented. In case of CDF three searches are discussed using 6.0 to 8.7 fb^{-1} of data, with the latter being the final CDF data sample available for this kind of analysis. CDF carried out a search for Top + jet resonance production, dark matter production in association with single top and boosted tops. No signs of new physics are observed and instead upper limits are derived. D{\O} used 5.3 fb^{-1} of data and searched for a narrow resonance in ttbar production and a time dependent ttbar cross section, which would reveal a violation of Lorentz invariance. However, no signs for deviations from Standard Model are seen and instead upper limits for non-Standard Model contributions are calculated.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1206.0659

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