Detection of energetic top quarks at the LHC

• Grant number: 10/03714-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: August 01, 2010
• End date: February 29, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Elementary Particle Physics and Fields
• Principal Investigator: Oscar José Pinto Eboli
• Grantee: Cedrick Miranda Mello
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física (IF). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 06/57254-0 - Particle phenomenology, AP.TEM

Abstract

Many extensions of the standard model predict the existence of new particle with masses in the TeV range. The decays of these new states produce very energetic standard model particle, eg top quarks. Therefore, the decay products of these energetic particle are highly collimated, forming "fat jets". In this project we will study the production and detection of the Kaluza-Klein modes of gluons and elevtroweak gauge boson in extra dimension theories.We will focus on t-tbar final states, analyzing the techniques needed to unravel their existence. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

MELLO, Cedrick Miranda. A study of the detection of quark top at LHC. 2012. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Física (IF/SBI) São Paulo.