33 research outputs found
Transverse Polarization Signatures of Extra Dimensions at Linear Colliders
If significant longitudinal polarization of both the electrons and positrons
becomes feasible at a future linear collider(LC), it may be possible to use
spin rotators to produce transversely polarized beams. Using the transverse
polarization of both beams, new azimuthal spin asymmetries can be formed which
will be sensitive probes for new physics beyond the Standard Model. Here we
demonstrate that these asymmetries are particularly sensitive to the exchange
of Kaluza-Klein towers of gravitons, or other spin-2 fields, that are predicted
to exist in higher dimensional theories which address the hierarchy problem.
These new asymmetries are shown to be able to extend the search reach for such
new physics by more than a factor of two, provide an additional tool for
isolating the signatures for spin-2 exchange up to mass scales in excess of
, and can be used to help differentiate among the proposed solutions
to the hierarchy problem below the production threshold for new particles.Comment: 22 pages, 6 figs. LaTe
Lightest-neutralino decays in R_p-violating models with dominant lambda^{prime} and lambda couplings
Decays of the lightest neutralino are studied in R_p-violating models with
operators lambda^{prime} L Q D^c and lambda L L E^c involving third-generation
matter fields and with dominant lambda^{prime} and lambda couplings.
Generalizations to decays of the lightest neutralino induced by subdominant
lambda^{prime} and lambda couplings are straightforward. Decays with the
top-quark among the particles produced are considered, in addition to those
with an almost massless final state. Phenomenological analyses for examples of
both classes of decays are presented. No specific assumption on the composition
of the lightest neutralino is made, and the formulae listed here can be easily
generalized to study decays of heavier neutralinos. It has been recently
pointed out that, for a sizable coupling lambda^{prime}_{333}, tau-sleptons may
be copiously produced at the LHC as single supersymmetric particles, in
association with top- and bottom-quark pairs. This analysis of neutralino
decays is, therefore, a first step towards the reconstruction of the complete
final state produced in this case.Comment: 40 pages, 11 figures, version to appear in JHE
Flavour Violation in SUSY SU(5) GUT at Large tan beta
We study flavour violation in the minimal SUSY SU(5) GUT assuming all the
third generation Yukawa couplings to be due to the renormalizable physics above
GUT scale. At large as suggested by Yukawa unification in SU(5),
sizable flavour violation in the left (right) slepton (down squark) sector is
induced due to renormalization effects of down type Yukawa couplings between
GUT and Planck scales in addition to the flavour violation in the right slepton
sector. The new flavour physics contribution to mixing
is small but might be of phenomenological interest in the case of The sign of the latter contribution is the same as the sign of the
dominant chargino contribution, thus making the constraints on SUSY scale
coming from somewhat more restrictive. The most important
feature of the considered scenario is the large rate of lepton flavour
violation. Given the present experimental constraints, the and
conversion branching ratios are above the sensitivity of the planned
experiments unless the SUSY scale is pushed above one TeV.Comment: 22 pages, 7 figure
Z' Reservation at LEP2
We consider the possibility that one extra exists with arbitrary
mass and fermion couplings that do not violate (charged) lepton universality.
We show that, in such a situation, a functional relationship is generated
between the \underline{deviations} from the SM values of three leptonic
observables of two-fermion production at future colliders that is
completely independent of the values of the mass and couplings. This
selects a certain region in the 3-d space of the deviations that is
\underline{characteristic} of the model ( "reservation"). As a specific and
relevant example, we show the picture that would emerge at LEP2 under realistic
experimental conditions.Comment: 10 pages, LaTeX, 3 uuencoded ps figure
Resolved Photon Contributions to Leptoquark Production in and Collision
We calculate the resolved photon contribution to leptoquark production at
colliders for the center of mass energies ~GeV and
1~TeV. We also calculate the resolved photon contribution to leptoquark
production at colliders for the center of mass energies ~and~2~TeV. In both cases we find that these contributions are considerably
larger than the standard contributions considered in the literature.Comment: 9 pages (5 postscript figures in separate uuencoded file), OCIP/C
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Determination of Leptoquark Properties in Polarized Collisions
We study leptoquark production using polarized colliders for the
center of mass energies ~GeV and 1~TeV. We show that using
polarization asymmetries the ten different types of leptoquarks listed by
Buchm\"uller, R\"uckl and Wyler can be distinquished from one another for
leptoquark masses essentially up to the kinematic limit of the respective
colliders. Thus, if a leptoquark were discovered an collider could
play a crucial role in determining its origins.Comment: 10 pages (plus 10 postscript figures submitted separately), OCIP/C
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Search for the lepton flavor violating decay A^0/H^0 --> tau^{+/-} mu^{+/-} at hadron colliders
In the two Higgs doublet model type III and in several other extensions of
the Standard Model, there are no discrete symmetries that suppress flavor
changing couplings at tree level. The experimental observation of the nu_mu --
nu_tau flavor oscillation may suggest the non-conservation of lepton number.
This would lead to the decay of the type A^0/H^0 --> tau^{+/-} mu^{+/-}. We
determine the present low energy limit on lepton flavor violating (LFV)
couplings from the muon g-2 measurement and discuss the prospects for detecting
lepton flavor violating decays at the TeVatron and at the Large Hadron
Collider. The achievable bounds on the LFV coupling parameter lambda_{tau mu}
are presented.Comment: 19 pages, 21 figures. Updated version takes into account the recent
results on the muon g-2 measurements. Submitted to Phys. Rev. D. Added minor
corrections from a refere
The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory is a second generation water Cherenkov
detector designed to determine whether the currently observed solar neutrino
deficit is a result of neutrino oscillations. The detector is unique in its use
of D2O as a detection medium, permitting it to make a solar model-independent
test of the neutrino oscillation hypothesis by comparison of the charged- and
neutral-current interaction rates. In this paper the physical properties,
construction, and preliminary operation of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory are
described. Data and predicted operating parameters are provided whenever
possible.Comment: 58 pages, 12 figures, submitted to Nucl. Inst. Meth. Uses elsart and
epsf style files. For additional information about SNO see
http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca . This version has some new reference
Search for leptophobic Z ' bosons decaying into four-lepton final states in proton-proton collisions at root s=8 TeV
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