Strong-Weak Bi-Adjoints, Gluon-W resonances, and new asymmetric LHC production processes

Abstract

We study a novel production and decay mechanism for a bi-adjoint spin zero particle in the ($8,3,0$) representation of the Standard Model gauge groups. This work is part of a series studying new production processes for exotic particles in higher representations of Standard Model color and weak charge. Here, we study a specific new dimension 5 effective operator model which couples an exotic bi-adjoint scalar field to the SU(3) and SU(2) field strength tensors. The W-gluon resonant decay of the charged component of this new exotic field is explored. We discuss LHC production modes of both the charged and neutral bi-adjoint states and find a new single production mode for the charged state. This is the dominant LHC production mode for TeV-scale masses. We introduce a new HL-LHC search in which a single bi-adjoint is produced in association with a hard forward quark jet from asymmetric W-gluon fusion. This search yields a 5-sigma discovery potential for bi-adjoint masses up to 3 TeV for 10 TeV scalar effective operator cutoffs. We also find 2-sigma sensitivity at the HL-LHC for bi-adjoint masses up to 4 TeV and effective cutoffs in the 15 TeV range for the full 3 inverse atto-barn data set.

19 pages, 17 figures, 3 tables. Updated to resemble Phys. Rev. D Version of Record

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