Heavy majorana neutrinos at e+e- colliders

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作者
Cvetic, G [1 ]
Kim, CS
Kim, CW
机构
[1] Univ Bielefeld, Dept Phys, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany
[2] Univ Dortmund, Dept Phys, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
[3] Yonsei Univ, Dept Phys, Seoul 120749, South Korea
[4] Korea Inst Adv Study, Seoul 130012, South Korea
[5] Johns Hopkins Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.4761
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We investigate possibilities for detecting heavy Majorana neutrinos (N's) in e(+)e(-) at LEP200 and future linear colliders. We concentrate on the processes where the pairs of intermediate heavy N's produce a clear signal of total lepton number violation (e(+)e(-) --> NN --> W(+)l(-)W(+)l(-).). Such a signal is not possible if the heavy neutrinos are of Dirac nature. Our approach is general in the sense that the intermediate N's can be either on shell or off shell. Discussion of the relative numerical importance of the s and the t + u channels of the NN production is also included.
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页码:4761 / 4764
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