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Polarization and Spin Effects in Neutralino Production and Decay in Supersymmetric Models

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

We study polarization and spin correlation effects in the MSSM and in extended supersymmetric models at an e^+e^- linear collider with polarized beams. The production of light neutralinos e^+ e^- --> \tilde\chi^0_1 \tilde\chi^0_2 and the subsequent decay \tilde\chi^0_2 --> \tilde\chi^0_1 e^+ e^- including full spin correlations is compared in three supersymmetric models: MSSM, NMSSM and an E_6-inspired model with an additional U(1)' gauge group. It is shown that polarization and spin effects can lead to a complete different behavior of these models. Finally, the dependence of the cross section and the decay angular distribution on the gaugino mass parameter M_1 for polarized beams is briefly outlined.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9909549,
  title  = {Polarization and Spin Effects in Neutralino Production and Decay in Supersymmetric Models},
  author = {G. Moortgat-Pick and S. Hesselbach and F. Franke and H. Fraas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9909549},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

6 pages, LaTeX, 8 eps figures, uses sprocl.sty which is included; contribution to the proceedings of the International Workshop on Linear Colliders, Sitges, Barcelona, Spain, April 28 - May 5, 1999; reference and acknowledgment added