Exploring New Physics Through Contact Interactions in Lepton Pair Production at a Linear Collider
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2007-05-23 v2
Abstract
If a contact interaction type correction to a Standard Model process is observed, studying its detailed properties can provide information on the fundamental physics responsible for it. Assuming that such a correction has been observed in lepton pair production at a 500 GeV - 1 TeV linear collider, we consider a few possible models that could explain it, such as theories with large and TeV-scale extra dimensions and models with lepton compositeness. We show that using the measured cross-sections and angular distributions, these models can be distinguished with a high degree of confidence.
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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0111471,
title = {Exploring New Physics Through Contact Interactions in Lepton Pair Production at a Linear Collider},
author = {Gabriella Pasztor and Maxim Perelstein},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0111471},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Contributed to APS / DPF / DPB Summer Study on the Future of Particle Physics (Snowmass 2001), Snowmass, Colorado, 30 Jun - 21 Jul 2001