Top quark forward-backward asymmetry from SU(N_c) color

Abstract

We argue that the $t\bar{t}$ production asymmetry observed at the tevatron might be simply explained if the standard $SU(3{)}_c$ QCD theory is extended to $SU(N_c)$ which is spontaneously broken at a scale just above the weak scale. The extended gauge interactions amplify the radiative QCD contribution to the asymmetry and can potentially explain the observations if $N_c\stackrel{>}{\sim }5$. This explanation requires a relatively low $SU(N_c)$ symmetry breaking scale $\stackrel{<}{\sim }0.5-1$ TeV. We check that such a low $SU(N_c)$ symmetry breaking scale is consistent with current collider data. Importantly this scenario predicts an abundance of striking phenomena which will be probed at the LHC. The $SU(N_c)$ model also illustrates the idea that a beyond standard model contribution to the $t\bar{t}$ asymmetry might arise primarily via radiative corrections rather than at tree-level.

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