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Electroweak Physics with Polarized Electron Beams in a SuperKEKB Upgrade

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2019-07-10 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

Consideration is being given to upgrading the SuperKEKB e+^+e^- collider with polarized electron beams, which would open a new program of precision electroweak physics at a centre-of-mass energy of 10.58GeV, the mass of the Υ(4S)\Upsilon(4S). These measurements include sin2θW\sin^2\theta_W obtained via left-right asymmetry measurements of e+^+e^- transitions to pairs of electrons, muons, taus, charm and b-quarks. The precision obtainable at SuperKEKB will match that of the LEP/SLC world average and will thereby probe the neutral current couplings with unprecedented precision at a new energy scale sensitive to the running of the couplings. At SuperKEKB the measurements of the individual neutral current vector coupling constants to b-quarks and c-quarks and muons in particular will be substantially more precise than current world averages and the current 3σ\sigma discrepancy between the SLC ALR_{LR} measurements and LEP AFBb_{FB}^b measurements of sin2θWeff\sin^2\theta_W^{eff} will be addressed. This paper will include a discussion of the necessary upgrades to SuperKEKB. This program opens an exciting new window in searches for physics beyond the Standard Model.

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@article{arxiv.1907.03503,
  title  = {Electroweak Physics with Polarized Electron Beams in a SuperKEKB Upgrade},
  author = {J. Michael Roney},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.03503},
  year   = {2019}
}

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Contribution to Proceedings of Flavor Physics and CP Violation Conference, Victoria BC, 2019

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