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K. Whisnant

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arXiv1997

Single top quark production as a probe of R-parity-violating SUSY at pp and p\bar p colliders

We investigate the ability of single top quark production via qq'-> squark->tb and q \bar q'->slepton->t\bar b at the LHC and Tevatron to probe the strength of R-parity violating couplings in the minimal supersymmetric model. We found that given the existing bounds on R-parity violating couplings, single top quark production may be greatly enhanced over that predicted by the standard model, and that both colliders can either discover R-parity violating SUSY or set strong constraints on the relevant R-parity violating couplings. We further found that the LHC is much more powerful than the Tevatron in probing the squark couplings, but the two colliders have comparable sensitivity for the slepton couplings.

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arXiv1997

b b-bar Production on the Z Resonance and Implications for LEP2

In terms of an effective lagrangian, we examine the effect of new physics associated with third-generation fermions on b b-bar production at the Z resonance and study its implications for LEP2. We obtain the constraints on such operators with derivative couplings at LEP1 and the SLC, and determine the prospects for detecting their presence at LEP2. We find that despite the small observed deviations from the standard model on the Z resonance, much larger deviations from standard model predictions are possible at LEP2, and the corresponding couplings can be determined rather precisely.

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arXiv1997

Direct Top Quark Production at Hadron Colliders as a Probe of New Physics

We examine the effect of an anomalous flavor changing chromomagnetic moment which allows direct top quark production (two partons combining into an unaccompanied single top quark in the s-channel) at hadron colliders. We consider both t-c-g and t-u-g couplings. We find that the anomalous charm quark coupling parameter $κ_c / Λ$ can be measured down to $.06 TeV^{-1}(.009 TeV^{-1}$) at the Tevatron with the Main Injector upgrade(LHC). The anomalous up quark coupling parameter $κ_u / Λ$ can be measured to $.02 TeV^{-1}(.003 TeV^{-1}$) at the Tevatron(LHC).

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arXiv1997

Dimension-six CP-conserving operators of the third-family quarks and their effects on collider observables

We list all possible dimension-six CP-conserving $SU_c(3)\times SU_L(2) \times U_Y(1)$ invariant operators involving the third-family quarks which could be generated by new physics at a higher scale. Expressions for these operators after electroweak gauge symmetry breaking and the induced effective couplings $Wt\bar b$, $Xb\bar b$ and $Xt\bar t$ $( X=Z,γ,g,H)$ are presented. Analytic expressions for the tree level contributions of all these operators to the observables $R_b$ and $A^b_{FB}$ at LEP I, $σ(e^+e^-\rightarrow b\bar b)$ and $A^b_{FB}$ at LEP II, $σ(e^+e^-\rightarrow t\bar t)$ and $A_{FB}^t$ at the NLC, as well as $σ(p\bar p\rightarrow t\bar b+X)$ at the Tevatron upgrade, are provided. The effects of these operators on different electroweak observables are discussed and numerical examples presented. Numerical analyses show that in the coupling region allowed by $R_b$ and $A^b_{FB}$ at LEP I, some of the new physics operators can still have significant contributions at LEP II, the Tevatron and the NLC.

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arXiv1996

Unitarity Constraints on Anomalous Top Quark Couplings to Weak Gauge Bosons

If there is new physics associated with the top quark, it could show up as anomalous couplings of the top quark to weak gauge bosons, such as $Z\ttbar$ and $W\tbbar$ vector and axial-vector couplings. We use the processes $\ttbar\to Z^0Z^0$, $\ttbar\to W^+W^-$, and $\ttbar\to Z^0H$ to obtain the unitarity constraints on these anomalous couplings, and combine these constraints with those from precision electroweak data. The unitarity constraints can impose additional limits on the anomalous couplings when the scale of new physics is as low as 2 TeV. A nonzero measurement of such an anomalous coupling leads to an upper limit on the new physics scale from the unitarity condition.

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arXiv1996

Searching for $t \to c g$ at the Fermilab Tevatron

We examine the experimental observability of the decay mode $t \rightarrow c g$ at the Fermilab Tevatron via the flavor-changing neutral current vertex $t \bar c g$. We find that with the existing data, one should be able to probe the $t \bar c g$ coupling to a value smaller than indirect limits previously obtained from $b\rightarrow s γ$ and the measured branching fraction for $t\rightarrow bW$, reaching $BF(t \rightarrow cg) \sim$ 15\% - 28\%. A data sample of 1~fb$^{-1}$ (10~fb$^{-1}$) at $\sqrt{s}=2$~TeV may probe the $t \rightarrow c g$ branching fraction to a level of 2\% (0.5\%).

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arXiv1996

Top-Quark Decay Via the Anomalous Coupling $\bar t c γ$ at Hadron Colliders

We determine the constraints on the anomalous top-quark coupling associated with the flavor-changing neutral current vertex $\bar t c γ$ from the limits on the $b$-quark rare decay $b\rightarrow s γ$ and non-standard top-quark decays. Based on these constraints, we discuss the experimental observability of the rare decay mode $t \rightarrow c γ$, both at the Fermilab Tevatron with a luminosity-upgrade and at the LHC.

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arXiv1994

Unitarity And Anomalous Top-Quark Yukawa Couplings

Unitarity constraints on anomalous top-Higgs couplings are examined. We also compare the unitarity constraints with the constraints from electroweak baryogenesis and electric dipole moments derived earlier.

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arXiv1994

Phenomenology of a non-standard top quark Yukawa coupling

There are theoretical speculations that the top quark may have different properties from that predicted by the standard model. We use an effective Lagrangian technique to model such a non-standard top quark scenario and study its effects on the electroweak baryogenesis, low and high energy physics.

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arXiv1993

Right-handed Neutral Currents, Families and the LEP $l^+l^-γγ$ Events

We explore the possibility of having new physics which could account for the $l^+l^-γγ$ events with $M_{γγ}\simeq 60\ $GeV recently reported by LEP. We consider models which contain an extra neutral gauge boson ($Z'$) that couples only to right-handed fermions. The models naturally require at least three quark and lepton families from anomaly cancellation. We find simple realizations of such models that have $\ell^+\ell^-γγ$ events at a rate similar to that observed at LEP.

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arXiv1992

Long-Wavelength Oscillations and the Gallex Solar Neutrino Signal

The recently reported solar neutrino signal in the $^{71}$Ga GALLEX detector adds a new dimension to the solar neutrino puzzle, complementing the previously known signals in $^{37}$Cl and water-Cherenkov detectors. Possible explanations for this new signal in terms of matter-enhanced neutrino oscillations (MSW effect) are already awaiting in the literature. We point out here that long-wavelength vacuum oscillations can furnish an alternative explanation of all three signals simultaneously; such solutions give neutrino spectra with distinctive energy dependence and seasonal time dependence. %This is a Revtex file, which is Latex-based but depends upon inputting the %Revtex style files distributed by APS/Physical Review. For more information, %contact Peggy Sutherland at MIS@APSEDOFF.BITNET, phone (516) 349-7800 ext 674

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