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Can we measure the number of quark flavors without building an ultrahigh-energy accelerator

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev., D; (United States)
Phenomenological implications of the nonapplicability of the Appelquist-Carazzone ''decoupling'' theorem for spontaneously broken gauge theories are discussed. In particular, if the Higgs scalar particle indeed exists and is available in the laboratory, then one can in principle determine the total number of quark flavors N/sub F/ through measurements of (1) GAMMA (H ..-->.. ..gamma gamma..), the Higgs-particle partial decay rate into two photons, or (2) sigma (pp ..-->.. H + anything), the production cross section in p-p collisions, or (3) sigma (e/sup +/e/sup -/ ..-->.. He/sup +/e/sup -/), the production cross section in e/sup +/e/sup -/ collisions via two-photon-exchange processes. Otherwise the number N/sub F/ is inaccessible in the laboratory at finite energies.
Research Organization:
Department of Physics, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02154
OSTI ID:
5783887
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev., D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev., D; (United States) Vol. 20:7; ISSN PRVDA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English