Model-Independent Bounds on Kinetic Mixing

New Abelian vector bosons can kinetically mix with the hypercharge gauge boson of the Standard Model. This letter computes the model-independent limits on vector bosons with masses from 1 GeV to 1 TeV. The limits arise from the numerous...

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Main Authors: Anson Hook, Eder Izaguirre, Jay G. Wacker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Advances in High Energy Physics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/859762
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Summary:New Abelian vector bosons can kinetically mix with the hypercharge gauge boson of the Standard Model. This letter computes the model-independent limits on vector bosons with masses from 1 GeV to 1 TeV. The limits arise from the numerous e + e − experiments that have been performed in this energy range and bound the kinetic mixing by ϵ ≲ 0.03 for most of the mass range studied, regardless of any additional interactions that the new vector boson may have.
ISSN:1687-7357
1687-7365