LHC Signatures of Vector-Like Quarks

Table 4

Production and decay channels for 𝑋_5/3 and 𝑌_−4/3. Only configurations with Q ≥ 0 have been shown for simplicity. Throughout the table, 𝑢_𝑖=𝑢,𝑐,𝑡(,𝑡^′) and 𝑑_𝑖=𝑑,𝑠,𝑏(,𝑏^′).

Charge	Resonant state	After 𝑋5/3 decay	After 𝑌−4/3 decay
		(including decays to other VLQs, if allowed)
0	𝑋5/3𝑋5/3𝑌−4/3𝑌−4/3	𝑢𝑖𝑢𝑖+𝑊^+𝑊^−	𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑖+𝑊^+𝑊^−
1/3	𝑌−4/3𝑊^−		𝑑𝑖+𝑊^+𝑊^−
2/3	𝑋5/3𝑊^−𝑌−4/3𝑢𝑖	𝑢𝑖+𝑊^+𝑊^−	𝑑𝑖𝑢𝑖+𝑊^+
1	𝑋5/3𝑢𝑖𝑌−4/3𝑑𝑖	𝑢𝑖𝑢𝑖+𝑊^+	𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑖+𝑊^+
4/3	𝑋5/3𝑑𝑖	𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑖+𝑊^+