%0 Generic %1 Serna2008 %A Serna, Mario %D 2008 %K mct mt2 physics susy %T A short comparison between m_T2 and m_CT %U http://arxiv.org/abs/0804.3344 %X We compare m_T2 with m_CT; both are kinematic variables designed to find relationships between masses of pair-produced new states with symmetric decay chains. We find that for massless visible particles m_CT equals m_T2 in a particular limit. We identify advantages and disadvantages to the use of each variable. Tovey's paper on m_CT also introduced a powerful concept of extracting mass information from an analysis at intermediate stages of a symmetric decay chain. We suggest that m_T2 is a better tool for performing this analysis than m_CT due to m_T2's better properties under initial state radiation.

@misc{Serna2008, abstract = { We compare m_T2 with m_CT; both are kinematic variables designed to find relationships between masses of pair-produced new states with symmetric decay chains. We find that for massless visible particles m_CT equals m_T2 in a particular limit. We identify advantages and disadvantages to the use of each variable. Tovey's paper on m_CT also introduced a powerful concept of extracting mass information from an analysis at intermediate stages of a symmetric decay chain. We suggest that m_T2 is a better tool for performing this analysis than m_CT due to m_T2's better properties under initial state radiation. }, added-at = {2009-10-27T16:03:45.000+0100}, author = {Serna, Mario}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/287e54eb35a91e640a72cc93601e18b87/bakhshian}, description = {A short comparison between m_T2 and m_CT}, interhash = {d6ec9c1e8054e5491a74b52118a623aa}, intrahash = {87e54eb35a91e640a72cc93601e18b87}, keywords = {mct mt2 physics susy}, note = {cite arxiv:0804.3344 Comment: 6 pages 2 figures, JHEP Style, minor clarifications and corrected typos}, timestamp = {2009-10-27T16:03:45.000+0100}, title = {A short comparison between m_T2 and m_CT}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0804.3344}, year = 2008 }