Hadronic weak processes and the mass of the right-handed boson

Thesis/Dissertation · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5005354

de Forcrand, P L

Various ways of obtaining a lower bound on the mass of the second charged weak boson required in a left-right symmetric gauge theory are investigated. They are all based on hadronic processes, in an effort to get more model-independent answers. From the K/sub L/-K/sub S/ mass difference, the limit obtained is M(W/sub 2/)> 370 GeV, if one neglects a possible top quark influence. From non-leptonic hyperon decays, one can only derive a bound on the angle zeta which mixes the couplings of the primarily left- and right-handed W-bosons: absolute value tan zetaapprox. 280 GeV, roughly similar to that found by Beg et al. from leptonic charged current data, but not restricted by assumptions about neutrino masses.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Berkeley (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5005354
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BARYONS
BOSONS
CABIBBO ANGLE
DATA
DECAY
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
HADRONS
HYPERONS
INFORMATION
INTERMEDIATE BOSONS
KAONS
KAONS NEUTRAL
KAONS NEUTRAL LONG-LIVED
KAONS NEUTRAL SHORT-LIVED
LIMITING VALUES
MASS
MASS DIFFERENCE
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MESONS
NUMERICAL DATA
PARTICLE DECAY
PARTICLE MODELS
PARTICLE PROPERTIES
POSTULATED PARTICLES
PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS
REST MASS
STRANGE PARTICLES
THEORETICAL DATA
UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS