Production, collection and utilization of very long-lived heavy charged leptons

Technical Report · Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10184869· OSTI ID:10184869

Goity, J L ^[1]; Kossler, W J; Sher, M ^[2]

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1. Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA (US)
2. College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA (US). Dept. of Physics

If a fourth generation of leptons exists, both the neutrino and its charged partner must be heavier than 45 GeV. We suppose that the neutrino is the heavier of the two, and that a global or discrete symmetry prohibits intergenerational mixing. In that case, non-renormalizable Planck scale interactions will induce a very small mixing; dimension five interactions will lead to a lifetime for the heavy charged lepton of O(1--100) years. Production of such particles is discussed, and it is shown that a few thousands can be produced and collected at a linear collider. The possible uses of these heavy leptons is also briefly discussed.

• Research Organization: Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84ER40150
• OSTI ID: 10184869
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/40150-238; CEBAF-TH-93-07; ON: DE93040867; TRN: US200305%%1159
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Supercedes report DE93040867; PBD: [1993]; PBD: 1 Sep 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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