Precision Probes of a Leptophobic Z' Boson

Journal Article · Thu Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 2012 · Physics Letters. Section B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2012.04.077· OSTI ID:1041577

Buckley, Matthew R. ^[1]; Ramsey-Musolf, Michael J. ^[2]

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1. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
2. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (US); Kellogg Radiation Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US)

Extensions of the Standard Model that contain leptophobic Z' gauge bosons are theoretically interesting but difficult to probe directly in high-energy hadron colliders. However, precision measurements of Standard Model neutral current processes can provide powerful indirect tests. We demonstrate that parity-violating deep inelastic scattering of polarized electrons off of deuterium offer a unique probe leptophobic Z' bosons with axial quark couplings and masses above 100 GeV. In addition to covering a wide range of previously uncharted parameter space, planned measurements of the deep inelastic parity-violating eD asymmetry would be capable of testing leptophobic Z' scenarios proposed to explain the CDF W plus dijet anomaly.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE Office of Science
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 1041577
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-PUB--12-049-A; arXiv eprint number arXiv:1203.1102
• Journal Information: Physics Letters. Section B, Journal Name: Physics Letters. Section B Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 712; ISSN PYLBAJ; ISSN 0370-2693
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ACCURACY
ASYMMETRY
BOSONS
DEEP INELASTIC SCATTERING
DEUTERIUM
ELECTRONS
FERMILAB COLLIDER DETECTOR
HADRONS
NEUTRAL CURRENTS
Phenomenology-HEP
QUARKS
STANDARD MODEL
TESTING