Using jet mass to discover vector quarks at the CERN LHC

Abstract

We illustrate the utility of jet-mass distributions as probes of new physics at the LHC, focusing on a heavy vector-quark doublet that mixes with the top as a concrete example. For 1 TeV vector-quark masses, we find that signals with greater than $5\ensuremath{\sigma}$ significance can be achieved after $100\text{ }\text{ }{\mathrm{fb}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$. More generally, jet-mass distributions have the potential to provide signals for heavy states that produce highly boosted weak gauge bosons and/or top quarks.