Model-Independent Bounds on Kinetic Mixing

oleh: Anson Hook, Eder Izaguirre, Jay G. Wacker

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Wiley 2011-01-01

Deskripsi

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.