9–10 Oct 2012
Desy
Europe/Berlin timezone

Off-shell effects in new physics cascades

9 Oct 2012, 15:00
30m
Seminar room 2, building 2a, ground floor (Desy)

Seminar room 2, building 2a, ground floor

Desy

Notkestraße 85 22607 Hamburg

Speaker

Mr Daniel Wiesler (DESY)

Description

New physics are highly anticipated to be observed in the near future at the LHC. Immediately ensuing a discovery is the determination of intrinsic properties such as masses and spins of new particles. However, many measurements rely on fundamental assumptions, which need not necessarily be fulfilled. One such possibility is a broad resonance at the beginning of a new physics cascade. Using the gluino as an example, we study the implications of off-shell contributions on mass and spin measurements and determine to what extent a discrimination between fundamentally different models is at stake.

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