Unparticle self-interactions and their collider implications

Journal Article · Tue Apr 01 04:00:00 EDT 2008 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.77.075007· OSTI ID:21249963

Feng, Jonathan L; Rajaraman, Arvind; Huitzu, Tu ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697 (United States)

In unparticle physics, operators of the conformal sector have self-interactions, and these are unsuppressed for strong coupling. The 3-point interactions are completely determined by conformal symmetry, up to a constant. We do not know of any theoretical upper bounds on this constant. Imposing current experimental constraints, we find that these interactions mediate spectacular collider signals, such as pp{yields}U{yields}UU{yields}{gamma}{gamma}{gamma}{gamma}, {gamma}{gamma}ZZ, ZZZZ, {gamma}{gamma}l{sup +}l{sup -}, ZZl{sup +}l{sup -}, and 4l, with cross sections of picobarns or larger at the large hadron collider. Self-interactions may therefore provide the leading discovery prospects for unparticle physics.

• OSTI ID: 21249963
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 77; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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