Signal and backgrounds for leptoquarks at the CERN LHC

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作者
Eboli, OJP [1 ]
Funchal, RZ [1 ]
Lungov, TL [1 ]
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[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Fis, BR-05315970 Sao Paulo, Brazil
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10.1103/PhysRevD.57.1715
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We study the potential of the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) to unravel the existence of first generation scalar leptoquarks. Working with the most general SU(2)(L)xU(1)(y) invariant leptoquark interactions, we analyze in detail the signals and backgrounds that lead to a final state containing a pair of e(+)e(-) and jets. Our results indicate that a machine such as the LHC will be able to discover leptoquarks with masses up to 2-3 TeV depending on their couplings.
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