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在国际直线对撞机上精确测量停止夸克质量的一种方法

A Method for the Precision Mass Measurement of the Stop Quark at the International Linear Collider

Ayres Freitas, Caroline Milstene, Michael Schmitt, Andre Sopczak

摘要:

许多超对称模型预测新粒子将在下一代对撞机的范围内出现。为了理解模型的结构和对称性破缺的机制,精确地知道新粒子的质量是很重要的。本文研究了在e+e对撞机上测量顶夸克标量伴子(停止子)的质量。一个相对较轻的停止是出于试图解释电弱重子生成的动机,并且可以在暗物质遗迹密度中发挥重要作用。提出了一种方法,它利用截面测量附近的对生产阈值,以及在更高的质心能量。结果表明,该方法不仅提高了统计精度,而且大大降低了系统的不确定性,这可能是重要的。数值结果,一个现实的事件模拟的基础上,两个信号选择策略:使用传统的选择切割,并使用迭代判别分析(IDA)。我们的研究表明,可以实现$Δ\mstop = 0.42$ GeV的精度,这是对以前研究的重大改进。虽然由于停止强子化的可能性,停止的分析特别具有挑战性,但一般程序也可以应用于其他粒子的质量测量。我们还评论了IDA在这种情况下发现停夸克的潜力,并重新审视了中性伴子遗迹密度的理论预测的准确性

英文摘要:

Many supersymmetric models predict new particles within the reach of the next generation of colliders. For an understanding of the model structure and the mechanism(s) of symmetry breaking, it is important to know the masses of the new particles precisely. In this article the measurement of the mass of the scalar partner of the top quark (stop) at an e+e- collider is studied. A relatively light stop is motivated by attempts to explain electroweak baryogenesis and can play an important role in dark matter relic density. A method is presented which makes use of cross-section measurements near the pair-production threshold as well as at higher center-of-mass energies. It is shown that this method not only increases the statistical precision, but also greatly reduces the systematic uncertainties, which can be important. Numerical results are presented, based on a realistic event simulation, for two signal selection strategies: using conventional selection cuts, and using an Iterative Discriminant Analysis (IDA). Our studies indicate that a precision of $Δ\mstop = 0.42$ GeV can be achieved, representing a major improvement over previous studies. While the analysis of stops is particularly challenging due to the possibility of stop hadronization, the general procedure could be applied to the mass measurement of other particles as well. We also comment on the potential of the IDA to discover a stop quark in this scenario, and we revisit the accuracy of the theoretical predictions for the neutralino relic density

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