<p>The hint of a pseudoscalar toponium state at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) opens a new avenue for studying a novel class of QCD (quasi-)bound states with comparable formation and decay times. Compared with charmonium and bottomonium, toponium is a quasi-bound state, resembling a hydrogen atom of the strong interaction, although it appears as a broader resonance. We compute the masses and annihilation decay widths of the lowest <i>S</i>-wave (<i>η</i><sub><i>t</i></sub>, <i>ψ</i><sub><i>t</i></sub>) and <i>P</i>-wave (<i>χ</i><sub><i>t</i>0</sub>, <i>χ</i><sub><i>t</i>1</sub>) toponium states, and assess their discovery prospects at the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) and future lepton colliders, such as the <i>e</i><sup>+</sup><i>e</i><sup><i>−</i></sup> stage of the Future Circular Collider (FCC-ee). Detecting the vector <i>ψ</i><sub><i>t</i></sub> state at the HL-LHC is hindered by the Landau-Yang theorem and the gluon-dominated production environment of the collider, whereas lepton colliders offer promising sensitivity through both constituent and two-body decays. A more precise measurement of the <i>η</i><sub><i>t</i></sub> mass-approximately equal to that of <i>ψ</i><sub><i>t</i></sub>-at the LHC could help determine the optimal <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math display="inline"> <mi>t</mi> <mover accent="true"> <mi>t</mi> <mo stretchy="true">¯</mo> </mover> </math></EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\( t\overline{t} \)</EquationSource> </InlineEquation> threshold center-of-mass energy for FCC-ee. The <i>P</i>-wave states remain challenging to observe at both the HL-LHC and future lepton colliders. We also discuss how toponium measurements can be used to probe top-quark properties and to conduct indirect searches for new physics, including light scalars that couple to the top quark.</p>

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Toponia at the HL-LHC and FCC-ee

  • Yang Bai,
  • Ting-Kuo Chen,
  • Yiming Yang

摘要

The hint of a pseudoscalar toponium state at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) opens a new avenue for studying a novel class of QCD (quasi-)bound states with comparable formation and decay times. Compared with charmonium and bottomonium, toponium is a quasi-bound state, resembling a hydrogen atom of the strong interaction, although it appears as a broader resonance. We compute the masses and annihilation decay widths of the lowest S-wave (ηt, ψt) and P-wave (χt0, χt1) toponium states, and assess their discovery prospects at the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) and future lepton colliders, such as the e+e stage of the Future Circular Collider (FCC-ee). Detecting the vector ψt state at the HL-LHC is hindered by the Landau-Yang theorem and the gluon-dominated production environment of the collider, whereas lepton colliders offer promising sensitivity through both constituent and two-body decays. A more precise measurement of the ηt mass-approximately equal to that of ψt-at the LHC could help determine the optimal t t ¯ \( t\overline{t} \) threshold center-of-mass energy for FCC-ee. The P-wave states remain challenging to observe at both the HL-LHC and future lepton colliders. We also discuss how toponium measurements can be used to probe top-quark properties and to conduct indirect searches for new physics, including light scalars that couple to the top quark.