Two channels for the top–antitop excess

(cerncourier.com)

1 points | by visha1v 5 hours ago

1 comments

  • visha1v 5 hours ago
    With the current sensitivity, interpretations beyond the Standard Model cannot be excluded. A pseudoscalar heavy Higgs decaying into top-quark pairs would interfere strongly with the continuum, creating a characteristic peak-dip structure in the invariant tt mass. With enough statistics, this feature could be used to differentiate it from a quasi-bound state