"Explaining the Tevatron ttbar asymmetry with light axigluons"

Speaker: 
Christian Spethmann
Institution: 
Boston Univ.
Date: 
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Time: 
3:15 pm
Location: 
FRH 4135

ABSTRACT:

The forward-backward asymmetry of ttbar pair production at the Tevatron remains the most startling potential signal of new physics to date. In this talk I review a range of models that have been introduced to explain the anomaly and discuss experimental constraints on those new physics models. I then explore the feasibility of explaining the ttbar asymmetry with a light axigluon, and discuss search strategies for such an axigluon at the LHC.

 

 

Host: 
Tim Tait