New Limits on Coloured Three Jet Resonances
arXiv:2003.00014 · doi:10.1007/JHEP09(2020)131
Abstract
We consider experimental limits on colour triplet fermions that decay dominantly to three jets via a scalar mediator that can be on- or off-shell. These fermions arise in top-partner models that can solve the hierarchy problem, and limits on this scenario are weaker than those on traditional top-partner models because of the messy all-hadronic final state with significant backgrounds. We do find, however, that while there are no dedicated searches for this scenario, especially in case of an on-shell mediator, the suite of LHC all-hadronic searches still constrains a significant portion of the parameter space. In particular, we find that searches for pair production of di-jet and tri-jet resonances are complementary, covering different regions of parameter space. We also find that if the final state is rich in b-jets, current limits do not change significantly relative to the scenario with all light jets, and we describe how modifications of current search strategies can improve limits in that case.
arXiv comment22 pages, 8 figures. New references added
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