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Can HERA See an Signal of a Virtual Leptoquark?
Virtual leptoquarks could be detected at HERA through some nonstandard
effects. Here we explore the possibility that virtual leptoquarks could be
discovered via scattering, assuming integrated luminosity of 200
pb and charm identification efficiency of 1%. We study the implications
of low energy data for the leptoquarks couplings and find that the most
relevant bound for the HERA cross sections comes from inclusive . This bound implies that the cross sections for
virtual leptoquarks are just too small for observation of the signal. With an
improvement by a factor of ~2 on the luminosity or on charm identification it
could be possible to see virtual leptoquarks with {\it maximum couplings} up to
~1.5 - 2 TeV. However, the prospects for discovering the virtual particles if
their couplings are somewhat below present bounds are very dim. We point out
that this cross section could be very large for leptoquarks lighter than HERA's
kinematical limit, and if such a leptoquark is discovered we recommend
searching for a possible signal. Our results may also serve as an
update on the maximum cross sections for leptoquark mediated
scattering.Comment: 15 Pages (LaTeX), including 4 postscript figures at the end of the
file. Feynman diagrams available by reques
Electroweak phase transition by four dimensional simulations
The finite temperature phase transition in the SU(2)-Higgs model at a Higgs
boson mass GeV is studied in numerical simulations on four
dimensional lattices with time-like extensions up to . is
extrapolated to the continuum limit and a comparison with the perturbative
prediction is made. A one-loop calculation to the coupling anisotropies of the
SU(2)-Higgs model on lattices with asymmetric lattice spacings is presented.
Our numerical simulations show that the above perturbative result is applicable
in the phenomenologically interesting parameter region.Comment: 3 pages, Latex, 3 figures, Talk presented at LATTICE96(electroweak)
by Z. Fodo
MAJOR 1.5 - A Monte Carlo Generator for Heavy Majorana Neutrinos in Collisions
The Monte Carlo generator {\sc Major} 1.5 simulates the production and decay
of heavy Majorana neutrinos via lepton mixing or exchange of `light'
right-handed -bosons in deep inelastic scattering, i.e. or . Physics and
programming aspects are described in this manual.Comment: 13 pages LaTeX, 2 PostScript figure
On the scaling of the electroweak interface tension at finite temperature
We determine the interface tension of the finite-temperature electroweak
phase transition in a numerical investigation of the SU(2)--Higgs model on a
four-dimensional lattice with temporal extension . In this simulation
the chosen parameters correspond to a Higgs boson mass of about 16 GeV. As a
result the interface tension shows only small scaling violations in comparison
with previous studies for lattices. We also report on some experiences
with autocorrelations in the applied Monte Carlo simulations of two-phase
systems.Comment: 10 pages, latex2e, 7 Postscript figures, uses packages epsfig and
amssym
Electroweak Baryogenesis from Late Neutrino Masses
Electroweak Baryogenesis, given a first order phase transition, does not work
in the standard model because the quark Yukawa matrices are too hierarchical.
On the other hand, the neutrino mass matrix is apparently not hierarchical. In
models with neutrino mass generation at low scales, the neutrino Yukawa
couplings lead to large CP-violation in the reflection probability of heavy
leptons by the expanding Higgs bubble wall, and can generate the observed
baryon asymmetry of the universe. The mechanism predicts new vector-like
leptons below the TeV scale and sizable mu -> e processes.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures, references adde
Search for Scalar Leptoquarks with polarized protons (and neutrons) at HERA and future Machines
The effects of Scalar Leptoquarks in various channels have been analysed for
the HERA collider and also for an eventual new machine running at higher
energies. We emphasize the relevance of polarized beams.Comment: Latex file, 3 pages and 3 ps fig. Need style files :
twoside,fleqn,espcrc2,epsfig. To appear in the proceedings of the DIS99
Workshop, DESY-Zeuthen, Germany, April 199
A New Tool for the Lamb Shift Calculation
We solve the Bethe-Salpeter equation for hydrogenic bound states by choosing
an appropriate interaction kernel . We want to use our solution to
calculate up to a higher order the hydrogen Lamb-shift, and as a first
application we present up to order \left(\aa / \pi\right)(\za)^7 the
contribution of the lowest order self-energy graph, calculated {\it exactly}.
The basic formalism is a natural extension to the hydrogenic bound states of
the one previously presented by R. Barbieri and E. Remiddi and used in the case
of positronium.Comment: 21 pages, Latex, Preprint DFUB-94-0
Saturation Effects in Deep Inelastic Scattering at low and its Implications on Diffraction
We present a model based on the concept of saturation for small and
small . With only three parameters we achieve a good description of all Deep
Inelastic Scattering data below . This includes a consistent treatment
of charm and a successful extrapolation into the photoproduction regime. The
same model leads to a roughly constant ratio of diffractive and inclusive cross
section.Comment: 24 pages, 12 figures, Latex-fil
Signals for Vector Leptoquarks in Hadronic Collisions
We analyze systematically the signatures of vector leptoquarks in hadronic
collisions. We examine their single and pair productions, as well as their
effects on the production of lepton pairs. Our results indicate that a machine
like the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be able to unravel the existence
of vector leptoquarks with masses up to the range of -- TeV.Comment: 15 pages and 5 figures (available upon request or through anonymous
ftp), revtex3, IFUSP-P 108
B-physics constraints on baryon number violating couplings: grand unification or R-parity violation
We investigate the role that baryon number violating interactions may play in
phenomenology. Present in various grand unified theories, supersymmetric
theories with R-parity violation and composite models, a diquark state could be
quite light. Using the data on B decays as well as mixing, we
find strong constraints on the couplings that such a light diquark state may
have with the Standard Model quarks.Comment: 19 pages, latex, no figures, 13 tables include
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