Stringy origin of Tevatron Wjj anomaly

Abstract

The invariant mass distribution of dijets produced in association with W bosons, recently observed by the CDF Collaboration at Tevatron, reveals an excess in the dijet mass range 120-160 GeV/c^2, 3σbeyond Standard Model expectations. We show that such an excess is a generic feature of low mass string theory, due to the production and decay of a leptophobic Z', a singlet partner of SU(3) gluons coupled primarily to the U(1) baryon number. In this framework, U(1) and SU(3) appear as subgroups of U(3) associated with open strings ending on a stack of 3 D-branes. In addition, a minimal model contains two other stacks to accommodate the electro-weak SU(2) \in U(2) and the hypercharge U(1). Of the three U(1) gauge bosons, the two heavy Z' and Z" receive masses through the Green-Schwarz mechanism. For a given Z' mass, the model is quite constrained. Fine tuning three of its free parameters is just sufficient to simultaneously ensure: a small Z-Z' mixing in accord with the stringent LEP data on the $Z$ mass; very small (less than 1%) branching ratio into leptons; and a large hierarchy between Z" and Z' masses. The heavier neutral gauge boson Z" is within the reach of LHC.

v1 8 pages revtex; v2 better fit to the data (Z" within LHC reach), references added; v3 to appear in PLB

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