Published October 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Pinning down the invisible sneutrino

  • 1. University of Warsaw, Institute of Theoretical Physics, PL-00681 Warsaw (Poland)
  • 2. University of Siegen, Faculty of Physics, D-57068 Siegen (Germany)
  • 3. University of Freiburg, Institute of Physics, D-79104 Freiburg (Germany)
  • 4. University of Aachen, Institute of Theoretical Physics E, D-52056 Aachen (Germany)

Description

For points in SUSY parameter space where the sneutrino is lighter than the lightest chargino and next-to-lightest neutralino, its direct mass determination from sneutrino pair production process at e+e- collider is impossible since it decays invisibly. In such a scenario the sneutrino can be discovered and its mass determined from measurements of two-body decays of charginos produced in pairs at the ILC. Using the event generator WHIZARD we study the prospects of measuring sneutrino properties in a realistic ILC environment. In our analysis we include beamstrahlung, initial state radiation, a complete account of reducible backgrounds from SM and SUSY processes, and a complete matrix-element calculation of the SUSY signal which encompasses all irreducible background and interference contributions. We also simulate photon induced background processes using exact matrix elements. Radiation effects and the cuts to reduce background strongly modify the edges of the lepton energy spectra from which the sneutrino and chargino mass are determined. We discuss possible approaches to measure the sneutrino mass with optimal precision.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2008/10/090

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal Volume
10
Journal Issue
2008
Journal Page Range
p. 090
ISSN
1126-6708