Unique Graviton Exchange Signatures at Linear Colliders
Author(s) -
Thomas G. Rizzo
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/801803
Subject(s) - graviton , physics , signature (topology) , particle physics , bar (unit) , sigma , physics beyond the standard model , production (economics) , nuclear physics , quantum mechanics , mathematics , gravitation , geometry , meteorology , economics , macroeconomics
Many types of new physics can lead to contact interaction-like modifications in e{sup +}e{sup -} processes below direct production threshold. We examine the possibility of uniquely identifying the effects of graviton exchange from amongst this large set of models by using the moments of the angular distribution of the final state particles. In the case of e{sup +}e{sup -} {yields} f{bar f}(W{sup +}W{sup -}) we demonstrate that this technique allows for the unique identification of the graviton exchange signature at the 5{sigma} level for mass scales as high as 6(2.5){radical}s.
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