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We present a first estimate of the reach of future pp colliders, the 14 TeV LHC and a futuristic 100 TeV pp collider, on a vector resonance, specifically a W′, produced via weak-boson-fusion, and decaying dominantly into tb. The analysis is motivated by Composite Higgs, Randall-Sundrum and Little Higgs scenarios, which predict the existence of vector resonances with a large coupling to W and Z longitudinal bosons. In particular, in composite Higgs models with partial compositeness, the standard Drell-Yan production channel is suppressed at large coupling while the weak-boson-fusion is enhanced and could thus provide a unique opportunity to directly test the large coupling regime of the theory. We outline a search strategy for the W′ in the weak-boson-fusion channel and present the reach of future colliders on the W′ mass vs coupling parameter space.
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Mohan, K., Vignaroli, N. Vector resonances in weak-boson-fusion at future pp colliders. J. High Energ. Phys. 2015, 31 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2015)031
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