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LHC dijet constraints on double beta decay

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-11-04 v1

Abstract

We use LHC dijet data to derive constraints on neutrinoless double beta decay. Upper limits on cross sections for the production of "exotic" resonances, such as a right-handed W boson or a diquark, can be converted into lower limits on the double beta decay half-life for fixed choices of other parameters. Constraints derived from run-I data are already surprisingly strong and complementary to results from searches using same-sign dileptons plus jets. For the case of the left-right symmetric model, in case no new resonance is found in future runs of the LHC and assuming gL=gRg_L=g_R, we estimate a lower limit on the double beta decay half-live larger than 102710^{27} ys can be derived from future dijet data, except in the window of relatively light right-handed neutrino masses in the range 0.50.5 MeV to 5050 GeV. Part of this mass window will be tested in the upcoming SHiP experiment. We also discuss current and future limits on possible scalar diquark contributions to double beta decay that can be derived from dijet data.

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@article{arxiv.1509.00423,
  title  = {LHC dijet constraints on double beta decay},
  author = {J. C. Helo and M. Hirsch},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.00423},
  year   = {2015}
}

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13 pages, 5 figures

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