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The Physics of New U(1)' Gauge Bosons

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-05-14 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

Additional Z' gauge bosons are predicted by a wide variety of extensions of the standard model (SM). Possibilities include TeV-scale bosons with electroweak coupling, very light bosons which nearly decouple from the standard model particles, and bosons which communicate with a quasi-hidden sector. A broad survey is given of the theoretical possibilities and of the physics implications for particle physics and cosmology. Several novel examples, including light Z's suggested by PAMELA, Stueckelberg Z's, and Z's associated with the mediation of supersymmetry breaking, are described.

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@article{arxiv.0909.3260,
  title  = {The Physics of New U(1)' Gauge Bosons},
  author = {Paul Langacker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.3260},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

10 pages, 2 figures. Invited talk presented at SUSY09. References added and minor revisions