Cartography with accelerators: Locating fermions in extra dimensions at future lepton colliders
In the model of Arkani-Hamed and Schmaltz the various chiral fermions of the standard model are localized at different points on a thick wall which forms an extra dimension. Such a scenario provides a way of understanding the absence of proton decay and the fermion mass hierarchy in models with extra dimensions. In this paper we explore the capability of future lepton colliders to determine the location of these fermions in the extra dimension through precision measurements of conventional scattering processes both below and on top of the lowest lying Kaluza-Klein gauge boson resonance. We show that for some classes of models the locations of these fermions can be very precisely determined while in others only their relative positions can be well measured.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- (US)
- OSTI ID:
- 40204439
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review D, Vol. 64, Issue 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.64.015003; Othernumber: PRVDAQ000064000001015003000001; 024113PRD; PBD: 1 Jul 2001; ISSN 0556-2821
- Publisher:
- The American Physical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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