Singlet T Model (VLQ)

Authors

• Mathieu Buchkremer
  • Université catholique de Louvain (CP3)
  • mathieu.buchkremer_at_uclouvain.be

• Giacomo Cacciapaglia
  • Université de Lyon (CNRS/IN2P3)
  • g.cacciapaglia_at_ipnl.in2p3.fr

• Aldo Deandrea
  • Université de Lyon (CNRS/IN2P3)
  • deandrea_at_ipnl.in2p3.fr

• Luca Panizzi
  • University of Southampton (School of Physics and Astronomy)
  • l.panizzi_at_soton.ac.uk

Description & Model Implementation

This model is an simplified version of the VLQ FeynRules model, including a single vector-like T singlet quark (Q=2/3), with non-zero mixings to the first and third generation SM quarks [1] [2] [3]. The pattern of allowed couplings is such that T decays 50% to W, 25% to Z and H bosons in the asymptotic limit where the mass M goes to infinity, in agreement with what is expected from the Goldstone equivalence theorem. The corresponding FeynRules implementation is based on the VLQ.fr description, which provides a direct connection between experimental observables and the new quark couplings. The model file TsingletVL.fr adds the following interactions to the SM Lagrangian:

The associated electromagnetic and strong interactions are also included, together with the T singlet kinetic and mass terms. The user-defined parameters, summarised in Parameters.pdf​, consist of:

• g* is the coupling strength entering single production (set to 0.1g by default in the KAPPA block).
• M is the T quark mass (set to 1 TeV by default in the MASS block).
• RL is the rate of decays into light quarks (set to 0.5 by default in the ZETA block).
• Gvl is the coupling between the T quark and the gauge bosons (set to 1 by default in the GVL block).

Note: the top partner width is set to 1 GeV by default, but the actual values must be evaluated and adjusted explicitly in MadGraph (specifying all the corresponding decay channels), for a fixed choice of the above parameters. These parameters are combined internally in the FeynRules model file to match the model-independent prescription presented above. For consistency, all light quarks included in the proton definition are restricted to be massless (5F scheme) when loading the FeynRules model, except for the top, bottom and tau lepton masses. The default model loads the real 3X3 CKM matrix given in Parameters.pdf​ as an external parameter. In general, the presence of new top partners induce model-dependent corrections to the mixings between the novel heavy fermions and the lighter quark families, which are not taken into account here.

Files

Below we provide the tarballs containing the main model files and outputs. The UFO model files have been compiled with Feynrules 1.4.9, and are compatible with MadGraph 1.5.11. The CH model files require the latest updated version of CalcHep, and have been obtained using version 1.7.178 of FeynRules. To import the model into MadGraph, it is enough to unzip the UFO directory into the models subdirectory of MadGraph, and load the model using the "import model TsingletVL_UFO" command.

• tsingletvl.fr.zip​ : FeynRules model files.
• tsingletvl_ufo.zip​ : Model files for MadGraph.
• tsingletvl-ch.zip​ : Model files for CALCHEP.
• Parameters.pdf​ : Input parameters description.

References

[1] M. Buchkremer, G. Cacciapaglia, A. Deandrea, L. Panizzi, Model Independent Framework for Searches of Top Partners, ​hep-ph/1305.4172.

[2] G. Cacciapaglia, A. Deandrea, D. Harada, Y. Okada, Bounds and Decays of New Heavy Vector-like Top Partners, ​hep-ph/1007.2933.

[3] F. del Aguila, M. Perez-Victoria, J. Santiago, Observable contributions of new exotic quarks to quark mixing, ​hep-ph/0007316.