Sensitivity to Dijet Resonances at Proton-Proton Colliders
Abstract
A significant benchmark for discovery at a proton-proton collider is the sensitivity to a dijet resonance, X, the intermediate state of the s-channel process pp → X → 2 jets. To probe the highest resonance masses, hadron collider experiments have used the classic technique of searching for bumps in the mass spectrum of two individually resolved jets. In this Snowmass 2021 study, we explore the search sensitivity to multiple benchmark models of dijet resonances at current and future proton-proton colliders. We present the expected masses for 5σ discovery and 95\% confidence level exclusion of diquarks, colorons, excited quarks, Ws, Zs and Randall-Sundrum gravitons, resulting from accumulation of integrated luminosities between 10 and 105 fb-1, at proton-proton colliders operating at energies s= 13, 14, 27, 75, 100, 150, 300 and 500 TeV.