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Lepton flavor conserving Z -> l^+ l^-$ decays in the general two Higgs doublet model
We calculate the new physics effects to the branching ratios of the lepton
flavor conserving decays Z -> l^+ l^- in the framework of the general two Higgs
Doublet model. We predict the upper limits for the couplings
|\bar{\xi}^{D}_{N,\mu\tau}| and |\bar{\xi}^{D}_{N,\tau\tau}| as 3\times 10^2
GeV and 1\times 10^2 GeV, respectively.Comment: 9 pages, 3 figure
Leptoquark production in ultrahigh-energy neutrino interactions revisited
The prospects for producing leptoquarks (LQs) in ultrahigh-energy (UHE)
neutrino nucleon collisions are re-examined in the light of recent
interpretations of HERA data in terms of leptoquark production. We update
predictions for cross-sections for the production of first- and
second-generation leptoquarks in UHE nu-N and nubar-N collisions including
(i) recent experimental limits on masses and couplings from the LEP and
TEVATRON colliders as well as rare processes,
(ii) modern parton distributions, and
(iii) radiative corrections to single leptoquark production.
If the HERA events are due to an SU(2) doublet leptoquark which couples
mainly to (e+,q) states, we argue that there are likely other LQ states which
couple to neutrinos which are close in mass, due to constraints from precision
electroweak measurements.Comment: 12 pages, LaTeX, 3 separate postscript figures. Added 1 reference
plus discussion, updated another referenc
Production, Decay, and Polarization of Excited Heavy Hadrons
We discuss the production via fragmentation of excited heavy mesons and
baryons, and their subsequent decay. In particular, we consider the question of
whether a net polarization of the initial heavy quark may be detected, either
in a polarization of the final ground state or in anisotropies in the decay
products of the excited hadron. The result hinges in part on a nonperturbative
parameter which measures the net transverse alignment of the light degrees of
freedom in the fragmentation process. We use existing data on charmed mesons to
extract this quantity for certain excited mesons. Using this result, we
estimate the polarization retention of charm and bottom baryons.Comment: 37 pages, 3 figures available upon request, uses phyzzx forma
Phenomenology of the Gauge Boson
Assuming the existence of a gauge boson which couples to ,
we discuss the present experimental constraints on and from and . We also discuss the
discovery potential of at hadron colliders through its decay into pairs. In the scenario where all three charged leptons (and their
neutrinos) mix, lepton flavor nonconservation through becomes possible and
provides another experimental probe into this hypothesis.Comment: 19 pages, LaTeX, including 4 figure
Transverse Tau Polarization in Decays of the Top and Bottom Quarks in the Weinberg Model of CP Non-conservation
We show that the transverse polarization asymmetry of the -lepton in
the decay is extremely sensitive to CP violating
phases arising from the charged Higgs exchange in the Weinberg model of CP
non-conservation. Qualitatively, the polarization asymmetries are enhanced over
rate or energy asymmetries by a factor of . Thus for optimal values of the parameters the method requires top pairs to be observable rather than needed for rate or energy
asymmetries. We also examine polarization in b decays via and find that it can also be very effective in constraining the CP
violation parameters of the extended Higgs sector.Comment: 11,1 figure, SLAC-PUB-608
A Comprehensive Study of Leptoquark Bounds
We make a comprehensive study of indirect bounds on scalar leptoquarks that
couple chirally and diagonally to the first generation by examining available
data from low energy experiments as well as from high energy e+ e- and p pbar
accelerators. The strongest bounds turn out to arise from low energy data: For
leptoquarks that couple to right--handed quarks, the most stringent bound comes
from atomic parity violation. For leptoquarks that couple to left--handed
quarks, there are two mass regions: At low masses the bounds arise from atomic
parity violation or from universality in leptonic pi decays. At masses above a
few hundred GeV's, the dominant bounds come from the FCNC processes that are
unavoidable in these leptoquarks: The FCNC bound of the up sector, that arises
from D-Dbar mixing, combines with the FCNC bounds from the down sector, that
arise from rare K decays and K-Kbar mixing, to a bound on the flavour
CONSERVING coupling to the first generation.
The bounds restrict leptoquarks that couple with electromagnetic strength to
lie above 600 GeV or 630 GeV for leptoquarks that couple to RH quarks, and
above 1040 GeV, 440 GeV, and 750 GeV for the SU(2)_W scalar, doublet and
triplet leptoquarks that couple to LH quarks. These bounds are considerably
stronger than the first results from the direct searches at HERA. Our bounds
also already exclude large regions in the parameter space that could be
examined by various methods proposed for indirect leptoquark searches.Comment: 23 Pages (LaTeX), including 3 uufiled postscript figures.
WIS--93/90/Sept--PH. To appear in PRD. Changes: updated numbers ---> stronger
bound
Bounds on Vector Leptoquarks
We derive bounds on vector leptoquarks coupling to the first generation,
using data from low energy experiments as well as from high energy
accelerators. Similarly to the case of scalar leptoquarks, we find that the
strongest indirect bounds arise from atomic parity violation and universality
in leptonic pi decays. These bounds are considerably stronger than the first
direct bounds of HERA, restricting vector leptoquarks that couple with
electromagnetic strength to right-handed quarks to lie above 430 GeV or 460
GeV, and leptoquarks that couple with electromagnetic strength to left-handed
quarks to lie above 1.3 TeV, 1.2 TeV and 1.5 TeV for the SU(2)_W singlet,
doublet and triplet respectively.Comment: 14 Pages (LaTeX), including 1 uufiled postscript figure.
WIS-93/119/Dec-P
LHC Searches for Non-Chiral Weakly Charged Multiplets
Because the TeV-scale to be probed at the Large Hadron Collider should shed
light on the naturalness, hierarchy, and dark matter problems, most searches to
date have focused on new physics signatures motivated by possible solutions to
these puzzles. In this paper, we consider some candidates for new states that
although not well-motivated from this standpoint are obvious possibilities that
current search strategies would miss. In particular we consider vector
representations of fermions in multiplets of with a lightest neutral
state. Standard search strategies would fail to find such particles because of
the expected small one-loop-level splitting between charged and neutral states.Comment: 16 pages, 9 figure
Pair production of the heavy leptons in future high energy linear e^{+}e^{-} colliders
The littlest Higgs model with T-parity predicts the existence of the T-odd
particles, which can only be produced in pair. We consider pair production of
the T-odd leptons in future high energy linear collider ().
Our numerical results show that, as long as the T-odd leptons are not too
heavy, they can be copiously produced and their possible signals might be
detected via the processes in future
experiments.Comment: Discussions added, typos and references correcte
Higgs-Boson Decay to Four Fermions Including a Single Top Quark Below Threshold
The rare decay modes Higgs four light fermions, and Higgs
single top-quark + three light fermions for , are
presented, and phenomenologically interpreted. The angular correlation between
fermion planes is presented as a test of the spin and intrinsic parity of the
Higgs particle. In Higgs decay to single top, two tree-level graphs contribute
in the standard model (SM); one couples the Higgs to , and
one to t\bar t(\sim g_{top\;yukawa}=m_t/246\GeV). The large Yukawa coupling
for m_t>100\GeV makes the second amplitude competitive or dominant for most
values. Thus the Higgs decay rate to single top directly probes the
SM universal mechanism generating both gauge boson and fermion masses, and
offers a means to infer the Higgs- Yukawa coupling when is kinematically disallowed. We find that the modes at the SSC, and at future high energy,
high luminosity colliders, may be measureable if is not too far above
. We classify non-standard Higgses as gaugeo-phobic, fermio-phobic or
fermio-philic, and discuss the Higgs single top rates for these
classes.Comment: 30 pages, 6 figures (figures available upon request); VAND-TH-93/
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