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Lepton number violation in heavy Higgs boson decays to sneutrinos
We study the possibility of observing lepton number violation in the right-handed sneutrino sector of the next-to-minimal supersymmetric Standard Model extended with right-handed neutrinos. The scalar potential introduces a lepton number violating mass term for the right-handed sneutrinos, which generates a phase difference that results in oscillations between the sneutrino and antisneutrino. If we have light Higgsinos and right-handed sneutrinos, the sneutrino decay width is determined by the tiny Yukawa couplings, which allows the phase difference to accumulate before the sneutrino decays. We investigate the possibilities of producing sneutrino pairs resonantly through a heavy Higgs of such a model and the ability of seeing a lepton number violating signature emerging from sneutrinos at the Large Hadron Collider. We also discuss how a possible future signal of this type could be used to determine the neutrino Yukawa couplings.Peer reviewe
Phenomenology of the minimal B-L extension of the Standard Model
We present the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) discovery potential in the
and heavy neutrino sectors of a enlarged Standard Model also
encompassing three heavy Majorana neutrinos. This model exhibits novel
signatures at the LHC, the most interesting arising from a decay chain
involving heavy neutrinos, eventually decaying into leptons and jets. In
particular, this signature allows one to measure the and heavy neutrino
masses involved. In addition, over a large region of parameter space, the heavy
neutrinos are rather long-lived particles producing distinctive displaced
vertices that can be seen in the detectors. Lastly, the simultaneous
measurement of both the heavy neutrino mass and decay length enables an
estimate of the absolute mass of the parent light neutrino. For completeness,
we will also compare the LHC and a future Linear Collider (LC) discovery
potentials.Comment: 4 pages, no figures. LaTeX. Talk given at "The 2009 Europhysics
Conference on High Energy Physics", Krakow, Poland, July 16-22, 200
Hunting light Higgses at the LHC in the context of the 2HDM Type-I
We show the reinterpretation of existing searches for exotic decays of the
Standard Model (SM)-like Higgs, , in various final states, in
the framework of the 2-Higgs Doublet Model (2HDM) Type-I. We then explore a new
search for such light Higgses, and , at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)
Run 3 for an integrated luminosity of 300 . After performing a
scan over the model parameters, we found that the inverted scenario of Type-I
offers a new promising signal in the form of the following cascade decays: . We investigate
then its significance through a full Monte Carlo (MC) simulation down to the
detector level.Comment: Talk presented at the 41st International Conference on High Energy
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Exploring Sensitivity to NMSSM Signatures with Low Missing Transverse Energy at the LHC
We examine scenarios in the Next-to-Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model
(NMSSM), where pair-produced squarks and gluinos decay via two cascades, each
ending in a stable neutralino as Lightest Supersymmetric Particle (LSP) and a
Standard Model (SM)-like Higgs boson, with mass spectra such that the missing
transverse energy, , is very small. Performing
two-dimensional parameter scans and focusing on the hadronic decay giving a final state
we explore the sensitivity of a current LHC general-purpose
jets+ analysis to such scenarios.Comment: 17 pages, 17 figures, 6 table
Averaging lifetimes for B hadron species
The measurement of the lifetimes of the individual B species are of great interest. Many of these measurements are well below the 10 level of precision. However, in order to reach the precision necessary to test the current theoretical predictions, the results from different experiments need to be averaged. Therefore, the relevant systematic uncertainties of each measurement need to be well defined in order to understand the correlations between the results from different experiments. \par In this paper we discuss the dominant sources of systematic errors which lead to correlations between the different measurements. We point out problems connected with the conventional approach of combining lifetime data and discuss methods which overcome these problems
Tensor analyzing powers for Li7 breakup
Differential cross sections and T20 and 20TT analyzing powers have been measured for 70 MeV Li7 breakup into the particle plus triton channel, on a Sn120 target. Measurements were made for both continuum breakup and sequential breakup via the 4.63 MeV state in Li7. The T20 data for the continuum breakup do not agree with a semiclassical Coulomb model, indicating that the breakup at small angles does not proceed solely via a Coulomb force. The data generally show a somewhat better agreement with continuum discretized coupled channels calculations, indicating the importance of the nuclear force and channel coupling in the reaction mechanism. © 1995 The American Physical Society
New Physics at the LHC. A Les Houches Report: Physics at TeV Colliders 2009 - New Physics Working Group
We present a collection of signatures for physics beyond the standard model
that need to be explored at the LHC. First, are presented various tools
developed to measure new particle masses in scenarios where all decays include
an unobservable particle. Second, various aspects of supersymmetric models are
discussed. Third, some signatures of models of strong electroweak symmetry are
discussed. In the fourth part, a special attention is devoted to high mass
resonances, as the ones appearing in models with warped extra dimensions.
Finally, prospects for models with a hidden sector/valley are presented. Our
report, which includes brief experimental and theoretical reviews as well as
original results, summarizes the activities of the "New Physics" working group
for the "Physics at TeV Colliders" workshop (Les Houches, France, 8-26 June,
2009).Comment: 189 page
Les Houches 2011: Physics at TeV Colliders New Physics Working Group Report
We present the activities of the "New Physics" working group for the "Physics
at TeV Colliders" workshop (Les Houches, France, 30 May-17 June, 2011). Our
report includes new agreements on formats for interfaces between computational
tools, new tool developments, important signatures for searches at the LHC,
recommendations for presentation of LHC search results, as well as additional
phenomenological studies.Comment: 243 pages, report of the Les Houches 2011 New Physics Group; fix
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Bose-Einstein Correlations in e+e- to W+W- at 172 and 183 GeV
Bose-Einstein correlations between like-charge pions are studied in hadronic
final states produced by e+e- annihilations at center-of-mass energies of 172
and 183 GeV. Three event samples are studied, each dominated by one of the
processes W+W- to qqlnu, W+W- to qqqq, or (Z/g)* to qq. After demonstrating the
existence of Bose-Einstein correlations in W decays, an attempt is made to
determine Bose-Einstein correlations for pions originating from the same W
boson and from different W bosons, as well as for pions from (Z/g)* to qq
events. The following results are obtained for the individual chaoticity
parameters lambda assuming a common source radius R: lambda_same = 0.63 +- 0.19
+- 0.14, lambda_diff = 0.22 +- 0.53 +- 0.14, lambda_Z = 0.47 +- 0.11 +- 0.08, R
= 0.92 +- 0.09 +- 0.09. In each case, the first error is statistical and the
second is systematic. At the current level of statistical precision it is not
established whether Bose-Einstein correlations, between pions from different W
bosons exist or not.Comment: 24 pages, LaTeX, including 6 eps figures, submitted to European
Physical Journal
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