32 research outputs found
The Phenomenology of Universal Extra Dimensions at Hadron Colliders
Theories with extra dimensions of inverse TeV size (or larger) predict a
multitude of signals which can be searched for at present and future colliders.
In this paper, we review the different phenomenological signatures of a
particular class of models, universal extra dimensions, where all matter fields
propagate in the bulk. Such models have interesting features, in particular
Kaluza-Klein (KK) number conservation, which makes their phenomenology similar
to that of supersymmetric theories. Thus, KK excitations of matter are produced
in pairs, and decay to a lightest KK particle (LKP), which is stable and weakly
interacting, and therefore will appear as missing energy in the detector
(similar to a neutralino LSP). Adding gravitational interactions which can
break KK number conservation greatly expands the class of possible signatures.
Thus, if gravity is the primary cause for the decay of KK excitations of
matter, the experimental signals at hadron colliders will be jets + missing
energy, which is typical of supergravity models. If the KK quarks and gluons
decay first to the LKP, which then decays gravitationally, the experimental
signal will be photons and/or leptons (with some jets), which resembles the
phenomenology of gauge mediated supersymmetry breaking models.Comment: review article, 39 pages, 10 figures, uses IJMPA style file
Single Kaluza Klein Production in Universal Extra Dimensions
In the universal extra dimensions models, Kaluza Klein excitations of matter
are generaly produced in pairs. However, if matter lives on a fat brane
embedded in a larger space, gravity-matter interactions do not obey KK number
conservation, thus making possible the production of single KK excitations at
colliders. We evaluate the production rates for such excitations at the
Tevatron and LHC colliders, and look for ways to detect them.Comment: 11 pages, 6 figures, late
The Higgs Sector on a Two-Sheeted Space Time
We present a general formalism based on the framework of non-commutative
geometry, suitable to the study the standard model of electroweak interactions,
as well as that of more general gauge theories. Left- and right-handed chiral
fields are assigned to two different sheets of space-time (a discretized
version of Kaluza-Klein theory). Scalar Higgs fields find themselves treated on
the same footing as the gauge fields, resulting in spontaneous symmetry
breaking in a natural and predictable way. We first apply the formalism to the
Standard Model, where one can predict the Higgs mass and the top Yukawa
coupling. We then study the left-right symmetric model, where we show that this
framework imposes constraints on the type and coefficients of terms appearing
in the Higgs potential.Comment: 24 pages, uses revtex
Lepton - Chargino Mixing and R-Parity Violating SUSY
We present a study of charged lepton mass matrix diagonalization in R-parity
violating SUSY. The case in which the bilinear couplings have large
values is given special attention.Comment: 7 pages, LaTeX, 1 postscript figure, uses aipproc.sty; presented at
the 21th annual MRST meeting on High-Energy Physics, Ottawa, Canada, 10-12
May 199
A Simple Phenomenological Parametrization of Supersymmetry without R-Parity
We present a parametrization of the supersymmetric standard model without
R-parity that permits efficient phenomenological analyses of the full model
without a priori assumptions. Under the parametrization, which is characterized
by a single vacuum expectation value for the scalar components of the Y=-1/2
superfields, the expressions for tree-level mass matrices are quite simple.
They do not involve the trilinear R-parity violating couplings; however, the
bilinear {\mu}_i terms do enter and cannot be set to zero without additional
assumptions. We set up a framework for doing phenomenology and show some
illustrative results for fermion mass matrices and related bounds on
parameters. We find in particular that large values of tan(beta) can suppress
R-parity violating effects, substantially weakening experimental constraints.Comment: LaTeX file plus postscript figure files, 17 pages; minor
typographical changes, to appear in Physics Letters