22-30 July 2021
North-West University
Africa/Johannesburg timezone
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Single Leptoquark Search in ATLAS

27 Jul 2021, 12:45
15m
Potchefstroom Campus (North-West University)

Potchefstroom Campus

North-West University

Oral Presentation Track B - Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics

Speaker

Lawrence Davou Christopher (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))

Description

The recent anomalous magnetic moment of the muon (muon g-2) result presents a pattern of deviation from the standard model prediction in the interaction of muons with a surrounding magnetic field. A similar deviation from the standard model prediction is seen in the LHCb results on rare B-meson decay. Plausible explanations of these anomalies are leptoquarks. Leptoquarks when coupled with a chirality flip interaction to a heavy quark can boost the muon's anomalous magnetic moment. This study presents a search for leptoquark in single production in ATLAS, with the leptoquark decaying into a one-light jet (b-tagged) and one lepton accompanied by an oppositely charged lepton in the final state.

Level for award;(Hons, MSc, PhD, N/A)?

PhD

Apply to be considered for a student ; award (Yes / No)?

Yes

Primary authors

Lawrence Davou Christopher (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)) Deepak Kar (University of Witwatersrand)

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