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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2011-01-01
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| 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
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experiments that have been performed in this
energy range and bound the kinetic mixing by
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0.03
for most of the mass range studied, regardless
of any additional interactions that the new vector boson may have. |
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| ISSN: | 1687-7357 1687-7365 |