Aspects of the Stueckelberg extension

Permanent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2047/d20000384
Title:
Aspects of the Stueckelberg extension
Creator:
Körs, Boris (Author)
Nath, Pran (Author)
Publisher:
January 01, 2005
Type of resource:
Text
Genre:
Texts
Format:
electronic
Digital origin:
born digital
Abstract/Description:
A detailed analysis of a Stueckelberg extension of the electro-weak gauge group with an extra abelian U(1)x factor is presented for the Standard Model as well as for the MSSM. The extra gauge boson gets massive through a Stueckelberg type coupling to a pseudo-scalar, instead of a Higgs effect. This new massive neutral gauge boson Zʹ has vector and axial vector couplings uniquely different from those of conventional extra abelian gauge bosons, such as appear e.g. in GUT models. The extended MSSM furthermore contains two extra neutralinos and one extra neutral CP-even scalar, the latter with a mass larger than that of the Zʹ. One interesting scenario that emerges is an LSP that is dominantly composed out of the new neutralinos, leading to a possible new superweak candidate for dark matter. We investigate signatures of the Stueckelberg extension at a linear collider and discuss techniques for the detection of the expected sharp Zʹ resonance. It turns out that the substantially modified forward-backward asymmetry around the Zʹ pole provides an important signal. Furthermore, we also elaborate on generalizations of the minimal Stueckelberg extension to an arbitrary number of extra U(1) gauge factors.
Comments:
Originally posted at http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0503208v2. Preprint of an article published in Journal of High Energy Physics, no.7, 2005.
Subjects and keywords:
Phenomenological theory (Physics)
Bosons
Couplings
Stueckelberg extension
electroweak gauge group
high energy physics phenomenology
abelian U(1)x factor
Physics
Permanent Link:
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/d20000384

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