Heavy leptons at hadron supercolliders

Journal Article · Tue Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1988 · Phys. Rev. D; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.37.1174· OSTI ID:5402446

Barger, V; Han, T; Ohnemus, J

The production, decay, and detection of a fourth-generation charged heavy lepton L at multi-TeV hadron supercolliders is discussed for masses m/sub L/>M/sub W/ and m/sub ..nu..//sub >//sub L/approx. =0. The leptonic and hadronic decay signals for single L production and LL-bar pair production are evaluated. In all channels examined the heavy-lepton signal is smaller than backgrounds from single and pair production of W/sup +- / and Z bosons. However, it may still be possible to detect a heavy lepton from its contribution to pX/sub T/+2 or 4 jets events where the Z(..--> nu..nu-bar)+jets background may be determined from measurements of (Z..-->..ll-bar)+jets events.

• Research Organization: Physics Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
• OSTI ID: 5402446
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. D; (United States) Vol. 37:5; ISSN PRVDA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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