Probing a ${\mathrm{Z}}^{\prime }$ with non-universal fermion couplings through top quark fusion, decays to bottom quarks, and machine learning techniques

Abstract

The production of heavy mass resonances has been widely studied theoretically and experimentally. Several extensions of the standard model (SM) of particle physics, naturally give rise to a new resonance, with neutral electric charge, commonly referred to as the ${\text{Z}}^{\prime }$ boson. The nature, mass, couplings, and associated quantum numbers of this hypothetical particle are yet to be determined. We present a feasibility study on the production of a vector like ${\text{Z}}^{\prime }$ boson at the LHC, with preferential couplings to third generation fermions, considering proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$ $\mathrm{TeV}$ and 14 TeV. We work under two simplified phenomenological frameworks where the ${\mathrm{Z}}^{\prime }$ masses and couplings to the SM particles are free parameters, and consider final states of the ${\text{Z}}^{\prime }$ decaying to a pair of $\mathrm{b}$ quarks. The analysis is performed using machine learning techniques in order to maximize the experimental sensitivity. The proposed search methodology can be a key mode for discovery, complementary to the existing search strategies considered in literature, and extends the LHC sensitivity to the ${\mathrm{Z}}^{\prime }$ parameter space.

arXiv comment13 pages, 15 figures

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