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New signals of an R-parity violating model of neutrino mass at the Fermilab Tevatron

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
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  1. Department of Physics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata- 700 032 (India)
In a variety of models of neutrino masses and mixings the lighter top squark decays into competing R-parity violating and R-parity conserving channels. Using PYTHIA we have estimated in a model independent way the minimum value of P{identical_to}BR(t-tilde){sub 1}{yields}c{chi}-tilde{sub 1}{sup 0})xBR(t-tilde){sub 1}{yields}l{sub i}{sup +}b), where l{sub i}=e{sup +} and {mu}{sup +}, corresponding to an observable signal involving the final state 1l+jets+Ee{sub T} (carried by the neutrinos from the {chi}-tilde{sub 1}{sup 0} decay) at Tevatron Run II. For the kinematical cuts designed in this paper P depends on m{sub t-tilde{sub 1}} only. We then compute P for representative choices of the model parameters constrained by the oscillation data and find that over a significant region of the allowed parameter space P is indeed larger than P{sub min}. This signal is complementary to the dilepton+dijet signal studied in several earlier experimental and phenomenological analyses and may be observed even if BR(t-tilde){sub 1}{yields}l{sub i}{sup +}b) is an order of magnitude smaller than BR(t-tilde{sub 1}{yields}c{chi}-tilde{sub 1}{sup 0}). The invariant mass distribution of the hardest lepton and the hardest jet may determine m{sub t-tilde{sub 1}} and reveal the lepton number violating nature of the underlying interaction. The invariant mass distribution of the two lowest energy jets may determine m{sub {chi}}{sub -tilde{sub 1}{sup 0}}.
OSTI ID:
21020307
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 75; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English