Vector-like quarks at the LHC: non standard channels
by
Luca Panizzi(Uppsala Univ.)
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Aula Seminari (LNF)
Aula Seminari
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Via Enrico Fermi, 40
00044 Frascati (Roma)
Description
Searches for new vector-like quarks at the LHC by both ATLAS and CMS have set mass bounds above the TeV. These searches, however, usually rely on a set of assumptions about the properties of such quarks. After discussing these assumptions, I will show how it is possible to explore different scenarios by relaxing some of them. I will focus in particular on vector-like quarks with large width, on the role of NLO corrections for single production, and on the possibility that vector-like quarks decay into new scalar exotic states.