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Non-standard electroweak gauge models

Conference · · AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5360628

Weak boson mass spectra of gauge model alternatives to the standard model are examined. In extended gauge models SU(2)/sub L/ x U(1) x G with fermion assignments of the standard model and simple Higgs, a Z-boson exists with mass between 65 and 115 GeV. In left-right electroweak models the lightest Z is less than 5-10 GeV below the standard model Z-mass. In models with strong gauge couplings, weak bosons of high mass and broad width are realized. Decays of weak bosons to doubly-charged Higgs scalars (W/sup +/ ..-->.. chi/sup + +/chi/sup -/, Z ..-->.. X/sup + +/chi/sup - -/) occur in models that give Majorana masses to neutrinos through spontaneous breakdown of lepton number conservation; spectacular signatures can result from X/sup + +/ ..-->.. ..mu../sup +/..mu../sup +/, ..mu..e/sup +/, e/sup +/e/sup +/ leptonic decays.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76ER00881; AM03-76SF00235
OSTI ID:
5360628
Report Number(s):
CONF-811231-
Journal Information:
AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States), Journal Name: AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States) Vol. 85; ISSN APCPC
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English