Constrained invariant mass distributions in cascade decays . The shape of the “ m qll - threshold ” and similar distributions
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Considering the cascade decay D → cC → cbB → cbaA in which D,C,B,A are massive particles and c, b, a are massless particles, we determine for the shape of the distribution of the invariant mass of the three massless particles mabc for the sub-set of decays in which the invariant massmab of the last two particles in the chain is (optionally) constrained to lie inside an arbitrary interval, mab ∈ [mcut min ab ,m cut max ab ]. An example of an experimentally important distribution of this kind is the “mqll threshold” – which is the distribution of the combined invariant mass of the visible standard model particles radiated from the hypothesised decay of a squark to the lightest neutralino via successive two body decay,: q̃ → qχ̃2 → qll̃ → qllχ̃ 0 1, in which the experimenter requires additionally that mll be greater than m max ll / √ 2. The location of the “foot” of this distribution is often used to constrain sparticle mass scales. The new results presented here permit the location of this foot to be better understood as the shape of the distribution is derived. The effects of varying the position of the mll cut(s) may now be seen more easily.
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