Heavy neutrinos and lepton number violation in lp colliders
Creators
- 1. Laboratoire Astroparticule et Cosmologie (APC), Universite Paris 7/CNRS, 10 rue A. Domon et L. Duquet, 75205 Paris Cedex 13 (France)
- 2. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Physik (Werner-Heisenberg-Institut), Foehringer Ring 6, 80805 Muenchen (Germany)
- 3. INFN Padova, Via Marzolo 8, I-35131, Padova (Italy)
- 4. Instituto de Fisica Teorica, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid (Spain)
- 5. CERN Physics Department, Theory Division, CH-1211 Geneva 23 (Switzerland)
Description
We discuss the prospects of studying lepton number violating processes in order to identify Majorana neutrinos from low scale seesaw mechanisms at lepton-proton colliders. In particular, we consider the scenarios of colliding electrons with LHC energy protons and, motivated by the efforts towards the construction of a muon collider, the prospects of muon-proton collisions. We find that present constraints on the mixing of the Majorana neutrinos still allow for a detectable signal at these kind of facilities given the smallness of the Standard Model background. We discuss possible cuts in order to further increase the signal over background ratio and the prospects of reconstructing the neutrino mass from the kinematics of the final state particles.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2011.06.021Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2011.06.021;
- arXiv
- arXiv:1105.0308v1;
- PII
- S0550-3213(11)00371-3;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Physics. B
- Journal Volume
- 852
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 353-365
- ISSN
- 0550-3213
- CODEN
- NUPBBO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 43070320
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CERN LHC; ELECTRONS; LEPTON NUMBER; MASS; MUONS; NEUTRINOS; PROTONS; SIGNALS; STANDARD MODEL
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCELERATORS; BARYONS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; HADRONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEONS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; STORAGE RINGS; SYNCHROTRONS; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
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- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.