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Production of right-handed gauge bosons and heavy Majorana neutrinos at the Superconducting Super Collider

Journal Article · · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA)
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  1. Center of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Center of Advanced Science Technology (World Laboratory), Beijing, (People's Republic of China) Institute of Theoretical Physics, Academia Sinica, Beijing (People's Republic of China)
  2. Institute of Theoretical Physics, Academia Sinica, Beijing (People's Republic of China)
The processes {ital p}+{ital p}{r arrow}2{ital l}{sup {plus minus}}+{ital X}, {ital p}+{ital p}{r arrow}{ital W}{sub {ital R}}{r arrow}{ital N}+{ital l}+{ital X}, and {ital p}+{ital p}{r arrow}{ital Z}{sub {ital R}}{r arrow}2{ital N}+{ital l}+{ital X} (where {ital N} is a heavy Majorana neutrino) are discussed and estimated at the energy scale of the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC). These reactions may serve as the indications of right-handed gauge bosons and heavy Majorana neutrinos that propagate in the intermediate state or are produced directly. The observation of same-sign charged-lepton pairs in final states is a possible clean signal for production of {ital W}{sub {ital R}}, {ital Z}{sub {ital R}}, and the heavy Majorana neutrino {ital N}. A detailed calculation shows that with suitable cuts the background can be overwhelmed by the signals for a wide range of right-handed gauge-boson and heavy-neutrino masses (from hundreds GeV to several TeV), and this signal is observable at the SSC. With the completion of the SSC, such experiments could be carried out.
OSTI ID:
6160662
Journal Information:
Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA), Journal Name: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA) Vol. 42:7; ISSN PRVDA; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English