Production, collection, and utilization of very-long-lived heavy charged leptons

Journal Article · Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1993 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.48.5437· OSTI ID:5584149

Goity, J L ^[1]; Kossler, W J; Sher, M ^[2]

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1. Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606 (United States)
2. Department of Physics, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 23187 (United States)

If a fourth generation of leptons exists, both the neutrino and its charged partner must be heavier than 45 GeV. We suppose that the neutrino is the heavier of the two, and that a global or discrete symmetry prohibits intergenerational mixing. In that case, nonrenormalizable Planck scale interactions will induce a very small mixing; dimension-five interactions will lead to a lifetime for the heavy charged lepton [similar to](1--100) yr. Production of such particles is discussed, and it is shown that a few thousand can be produced and collected at a linear collider. The possible uses of these heavy leptons are also briefly discussed.

• OSTI ID: 5584149
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Vol. 48:11; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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