1 | | === VLQ page === |
| 1 | == VLQ Model == |
| 2 | |
| 3 | === Authors === |
| 4 | |
| 5 | * Mathieu Buchkremer |
| 6 | * Universite catholique de Louvain (CP3) |
| 7 | * mathieu.buchkremer@uclouvain.be |
| 8 | |
| 9 | * Giacomo Cacciapaglia |
| 10 | * Universite de Lyon (CNRS/IN2P3) |
| 11 | * g.cacciapaglia@ipnl.in2p3.fr |
| 12 | |
| 13 | * Aldo Deandrea |
| 14 | * Universite de Lyon (CNRS/IN2P3) |
| 15 | * deandrea@ipnl.in2p3.fr |
| 16 | |
| 17 | * Luca Panizzi |
| 18 | * University of Southampton (School of Physics and Astronomy) |
| 19 | * l.panizzi@soton.ac.uk |
| 20 | |
| 21 | === Description === |
| 22 | |
| 23 | This model is an extension of the Standard Model (SM) with new top partners, intended for model-independent searches of vector-like quarks. The corresponding FeynRules implementation is based on a minimal effective Lagrangian description, which provides a direct connection between experimental observables and the new quark couplings. All fields and parameters are defined accordingly to the parameterisation detailed in [1]. The particle content, Feynman rules and parameters of the model are summarized in Parameters.pdf. |
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| 25 | === Model Implementation === |
| 26 | As a generic framework, the four states $X_{5/3}$, $T_{2/3}$, $B_{-1/3}$ and $Y_{-4/3}$ are introduced as new spin 1/2 class members. Each class defines a specific top partner with a fixed electric charge, without any assumption on the other quantum numbers. The model files are designed to allow for a straightforward extension to additional vector-like fermions, simply by adding the new particles to the corresponding class (F[5], F[6], F[7] and F[8] for $X_{5/3}$, $T_{2/3}$, $B_{-1/3}$ and $Y_{-4/3}$ type quarks, respectively). Particles embedded in larger SU(2) representations may also be introduced under new classes, following the same model-independent prescription. |
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| 28 | Together with the new fermion fields definitions, the following interactions are added to the SM Lagrangian |