Spin formalism and applications to new physics searches
- Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, CA (United States)
An introduction to spin techniques in particle physics is given. Among the topics covered are: helicity formalism and its applications to the decay and scattering of spin-1/2 and spin-1 particles, techniques for evaluating helicity amplitudes (including projection operator methods and the spinor helicity method), and density matrix techniques. The utility of polarization and spin correlations for untangling new physics beyond the Standard Model at future colliders such as the LHC and a high energy e{sup +}e{sup {minus}} linear collider is then considered. A number of detailed examples are explored including the search for low-energy supersymmetry, a non-minimal Higgs boson sector, and new gauge bosons beyond the W{sup {+-}} and Z.
- Research Organization:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 90760
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-444; CONF-930767-; ON: DE95008628; TRN: 95:018207
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 21. annual SLAC Summer Institute on particle physics: spin structure in high-energy processes, Stanford, CA (United States), 26 Jul - 6 Aug 1993; Other Information: PBD: Dec 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Spin structure in high energy processes: Proceedings; DePorcel, L.; Dunwoodie, C. [eds.]; PB: 593 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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