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Indirect searches for leptoquarks at present and future colliders

Journal Article · · Mod. Phys. Letters B; (United States)

The authors explore the sensitivities of e/sup +/e/sup -/ colliders (LEP, CLIC) and hadron-hadron colliders (CERN p-barp, FNAL p-barp, LHC pp and SSC pp) to the indirect effects of virtual scalar particles with superstring-inspired leptoquark and diquark couplings. The authors find that e/sup +/e/sup -/ colliders have better sensitivities via total cross section measurements of e/sup +/e/sup -/ ..-->.. qq-bar than via asymmetry measurements, and that LEP 2 is much more sensitive than LEP 1. Hadron-hadron colliders are sensitive via lepton-pair production cross sections (qq-bar ..-->.. e/sup +/e/sup -/, ..mu../sup +/..mu../sup -/, tau/sup +/tau/sup -/).

Research Organization:
Physics Dept., Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 (US)
OSTI ID:
6701309
Journal Information:
Mod. Phys. Letters B; (United States), Journal Name: Mod. Phys. Letters B; (United States) Vol. 3:4; ISSN MPLBE
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English