Broad toplike vector quarks at LHC and HL-LHC

Abstract

Top like vector quarks arising from underlying strong sectors are expected to have large decay widths pushing them beyond the narrow width approximation. In this paper we consider a broad colored vector quark that strongly couples to an exotic pseudoscalar. We use the full 1PI resummed propagator for the exotic quark to recast the present LHC constraints ruling out masses below $\sim 1.2(1.1)$ TeV for width to mass ratio of $0.1(0.6)$. We utilize machine learning techniques that are demonstratively more efficient than traditional cut based searches to present the reach of HL-LHC on the parameter space of this broad resonance. We find that at $3a{b}^{-1}$ the HL-LHC has a discovery potential up to $1.6$ TeV dominated by the pair production channel. We study the feasibility of using machine learning techniques to analyze the broad resonance peaks expected from these exotic quarks at collider experiments like the LHC.

22 pages, 9 captioned figures; title slightly changed; minor changes in text; new appendix; matches published version

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