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

Abstract

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, non-renormalizable Planck scale interactions will induce a very small mixing; dimension five interactions will lead to a lifetime for the heavy charged lepton of O(1--100) years. Production of such particles is discussed, and it is shown that a few thousands can be produced and collected at a linear collider. The possible uses of these heavy leptons is also briefly discussed.

Authors:
 [1]; ;  [2]
  1. Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA (US)
  2. College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA (US). Dept. of Physics
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA (US)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (US)
OSTI Identifier:
10184869
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/40150-238; CEBAF-TH-93-07
ON: DE93040867; TRN: US200305%%1159
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-84ER40150
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Supercedes report DE93040867; PBD: [1993]; PBD: 1 Sep 1993
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; DIMENSIONS; HEAVY LEPTONS; LEPTONS; LIFETIME; LINEAR COLLIDERS; NEUTRINOS; PRODUCTION; SYMMETRY; 662430; PROPERTIES OF LEPTONS

Citation Formats

Goity, J L, Kossler, W J, and Sher, M. Production, collection and utilization of very long-lived heavy charged leptons. United States: N. p., 1993. Web. doi:10.2172/10184869.
Goity, J L, Kossler, W J, & Sher, M. Production, collection and utilization of very long-lived heavy charged leptons. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10184869
Goity, J L, Kossler, W J, and Sher, M. 1993. "Production, collection and utilization of very long-lived heavy charged leptons". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10184869. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10184869.
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title = {Production, collection and utilization of very long-lived heavy charged leptons},
author = {Goity, J L and Kossler, W J and Sher, M},
abstractNote = {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, non-renormalizable Planck scale interactions will induce a very small mixing; dimension five interactions will lead to a lifetime for the heavy charged lepton of O(1--100) years. Production of such particles is discussed, and it is shown that a few thousands can be produced and collected at a linear collider. The possible uses of these heavy leptons is also briefly discussed.},
doi = {10.2172/10184869},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/10184869}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993},
month = {Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993}
}