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t-channel production of heavy charged leptons

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2011-03-23 v2

Abstract

We study the pair production of heavy charged exotic leptons at e+ e- colliders in the SU(2)_L x SU(2)_I x U(1)_Y model. This gauge group is a subgroup of the grand unification group E6; SU(2)_I commutes with the electric charge operator, and the three corresponding gauge bosons are electrically neutral. In addition to the standard photon and Z boson contributions, we also include the contributions from extra neutral gauge bosons. A t-channel contribution due to W_I-boson exchange, which is unsuppressed by mixing angles, is quite important. We calculate the left-right and forward-backward asymmetries, and discuss how to differentiate different models.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0011077,
  title  = {t-channel production of heavy charged leptons},
  author = {Shuquan Nie and Marc Sher},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0011077},
  year   = {2011}
}

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Increased discussion of experimental signatures. Version accepted by PRD