Spin Identification of the Randall-Sundrum Graviton at the LHC

Abstract

Using as basic observable an angular-integrated asymmetry to be measured in Drell-Yan lepton-pair production at the LHC, we discuss the identification reach on the spin-2 of the lowest-lying Randall-Sundrum resonance predicted by gravity in one warped extra dimension, against the spin-1 and spin-0 hypotheses. Numerical results indicate that, depending on the graviton coupling strength to the standard model particles, such a spin-2 identification can extend up to mass scales of 1.0-1.6 TeV and 2.4-3.2 TeV for LHC integrated luminosities of 10 and 100 fb^{-1}, respectively.

6 pages, 2 figures, talk presented at the 18th International Symposium on Spin Physics (SPIN 2008), Charlottesville, VA, October 6-11, 2008