Published April 1, 2010
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Journal article
Discovering Majorana neutrinos produced via a Z boson at hadron colliders
Creators
- 1. University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697 (United States)
Description
We demonstrate that the current Tevatron dataset with ∫L=5 fb-1 has strong sensitivity to the production of a fourth-generation Majorana neutrino (N) via an s-channel Z boson Z→NN→WlWl, well beyond current experimental limits. A single Tevatron experiment could significantly extend current 95% C.L. mass lower limits, to mN>175 GeV/c2, or report 3σ evidence for the N if mN<150 GeV/c2. With 5 fb-1, a single LHC experiment at √(s)=10 TeV could expect to set a 95% C.L. mass lower limits of mN>300 GeV/c2, or report 3σ evidence for the N if mN<225 GeV/c2.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.81.071301;
- arXiv
- arXiv:1001.1229v1;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
- Journal Volume
- 81
- Journal Issue
- 7
- Journal Page Range
- p. 071301-071301.4
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
- CODEN
- PRVDAQ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 42002608
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CERN LHC; FERMILAB TEVATRON; HADRONS; MAJORANA THEORY; MASS; NEUTRINOS; S CHANNEL; SENSITIVITY; TEV RANGE 01-10; Z NEUTRAL BOSONS
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCELERATORS; BOSONS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; INTERMEDIATE BOSONS; INTERMEDIATE VECTOR BOSONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; STORAGE RINGS; SYNCHROTRONS; TEV RANGE
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2010 The American Physical Society