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M. A. Doncheski

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arXiv2001

Signals for Non-Commutative QED in $e γ$ and $γγ$ Collisions

We study the effects of non-commutative QED (NCQED) in fermion pair production, gamma + gamma -> f + bar{f} and Compton scattering, e + gamma -> e + gamma. Non-commutative geometries appear naturally in the context of string/M-theory and gives rise to 3- and 4-point photon vertices and to momentum dependent phase factors in QED vertices which will have observable effects in high energy collisions. We consider e+ e- colliders with energies appropriate to the TeV Linear Collider proposals and the multi-TeV CLIC project operating in gamma gamma and e gamma modes. Non-commutative scales roughly equal to the center of mass energy of the e+ e- collider can be probed, with the exact value depending on the model parameters and experimental factors. However, we found that the Compton process is sensitive to Lambda_{NC} values roughly twice as large as those accessible to the pair production process.

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arXiv2000

Discovery and Identification of W' Bosons at e+e- Colliders

We report on studies of the sensitivity to extra gauge bosons of the reactions e^+ e^- -> nu nubar gamma and e gamma -> nu q + X to extract discovery limits for W' 's. The discovery potential for a W' is, for some models, comparable to that of the LHC. These processes may be also useful for determining W' and Z' couplings to fermions which would complement measurements made at the Large Hadron Collider.

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arXiv2000

Discovery and Identification of W' Bosons in e gamma to nu q +X

We examine the sensitivity of the process e gamma to nu q +X to W' bosons which arise in various extensions of the standard model. We consider photon spectra from both the Weizsacker Williams process and from a backscattered laser. The process is found to be sensitive to W' masses up to several TeV, depending on the model, the center of mass energy, the integrated luminosity, and assumptions regarding systematic errors. If extra gauge bosons were discovered first in other experiments, the process could also be used to measure W' couplings. This measurement would provide information that could be used to unravel the underlying theory, complementary to measurements at the Large Hadron Collider.

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arXiv1999

Extra-dimensional gravity and dijet production at gamma gamma colliders

In this note, we consider dijet production at gamma gamma colliders as a probe of recently proposed, large extra-dimensional gravity models. The exchange of virtual, spin-2 graviton towers (Kaluza-Klein excitations) significantly modifies the cross section, as compared to the Standard Model predictions. We find that, in order to maximize the value of the effective scale that can be probed at a given center-of-mass energy, a very severe p_T cut should be applied; in general, a p_T equal to approximately 46% of the e^+ e^- beam energy gives the highest reach. We find that we can probe the effective mass scale from about 2.7 TeV to 11.1 TeV, depending on the center-of-mass energy and assumptions about the model.

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arXiv1998

Radiation zeros and scalar particles beyond the standard model

Standard radiation zeros arise from the factorization properties of tree-level amplitudes involving a massless photon and can occur when all charged particles in the initial and final state have the same sign. We investigate how several different processes involving new scalar particles beyond the standard model may exhibit radiation zeros and how this structure might be exploited to probe their electromagnetic structure. We focus on (i) unnoticed aspects of angular zeros in the process e- + e- --> Delta-- + gamma for doubly charged Higgs boson (or any bilepton) production and (ii) the process gamma + e- --> q + S/V for scalar (S) or vector (V) leptoquarks (LQs). We also discuss how factorized amplitudes and radiation zeros may appear in the gauge boson fusion production of non-conjugate leptoquark pairs via gamma + W --> S_i + S_j* in high energy ee reactions and how the zeros affect the production cross-sections for various types of scalar leptoquarks.

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arXiv1998

Eliminating the low-mass axigluon window

Using recent collider data, especially on the hadronic width the Z0, we exclude axigluons in the currently allowed low-mass window, namely axigluons in the mass range 50 GeV < M_A < 120 GeV. Combined with hadron collider data from di-jet production, axigluons with masses below roughly 1 TeV are now completely excluded.

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arXiv1997

Third-generation leptoquark decays and collider searches

Collider searches for first-, second-, and third-generation scalar (S) or vector (V) leptoquarks (LQs) focus on the quark-lepton decay modes S,V -> q l. For SU(2)-doublet and -triplet leptoquarks with a sufficiently large splitting between the components, decays involving real W-boson emission (such as S_2^{(+5/3)} -> S_2^{(+2/3)} W^{+} and others) become possible and can change the patterns of leptoquark decays. For third-generation leptoquarks, where these mass splittings might be large, such modes could dominate certain leptoquark decays as they are (if kinematically allowed) guaranteed to be of order g^2 where g is the electroweak coupling. We calculate the decay rates for all such processes involving SU(2)-doublet and triplet, scalar and vector leptoquarks. Standard limits on mass splittings from precision electroweak measurements imply that only such decays involving SU(2)-doublet scalar LQs are likely kinematically possible.

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arXiv1997

Leptoquark production in ultrahigh-energy neutrino interactions revisited

The prospects for producing leptoquarks (LQs) in ultrahigh-energy (UHE) neutrino nucleon collisions are re-examined in the light of recent interpretations of HERA data in terms of leptoquark production. We update predictions for cross-sections for the production of first- and second-generation leptoquarks in UHE nu-N and nubar-N collisions including (i) recent experimental limits on masses and couplings from the LEP and TEVATRON colliders as well as rare processes, (ii) modern parton distributions, and (iii) radiative corrections to single leptoquark production. If the HERA events are due to an SU(2) doublet leptoquark which couples mainly to (e+,q) states, we argue that there are likely other LQ states which couple to neutrinos which are close in mass, due to constraints from precision electroweak measurements.

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arXiv1997

Closing the window on the axigluon mass using top quark production data

The contribution of axigluons (the massive color-octet gauge bosons in all chiral color models) to top quark pair production in hadronic collisions is considered. The agreement between the experimental values of the ttbar production cross-section at the TEVATRON and recent QCD predictions is used to discuss limits on the axigluon mass. Specifically,intermediate mass axigluons, those in the mass range 50 GeV < M_A < 120 GeV which has not already been excluded, would increase the tree-level qqbar -> ttbar cross-section by a factor of >= 2, thereby increasing the theoretical predictions for sigma_{ttbar} by Delta sigma_{ttbar} = 3.2-3.7 pb (2.7-3.1 pb) using leading-order (next-to-leading order) parton distributions over this mass range, independent of the axigluon decay width. Such an increase is roughly 1.3-1.6 (0.9-1.2) standard deviations larger than that suggested by the apparent good agreement between combined experimental results and recent theoretical calculations and so is not ruled out, but is definitely disfavored. Future high-statistics top-quark production runs will likely make a more definitive statement. The forward-backward asymmetry in ttbar production induced by axigluons in this mass window is also discussed and found to be quite large and so could provide another constraint.

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arXiv1996

Charged Heavy Lepton Production In Superstring Inspired E6 Models

The possibility of studying superstring inspired \mbox{${\rm E}_6$} phenomenology at high energy hadron colliders is investigated. A very simple low energy rank-5 Supersymmetric (N=1) model is considered, which consists of three scalar-Higgses, $H^0_{i=1,2,3}\,$, two charged-Higgses, $H^\pm\,$, one pseudo-scalar-Higgses, $P^0\,$, and an extra vector boson, the $Z^\prime$. The production of charged heavy leptons pairs, $L^+L^-\,$, by gluon-gluon fusion and Drell-Yan mechanisms is discussed. For gluon-gluon fusion an enhancement in the parton level cross-section is expected due to the heavy (s)fermion loops which couple to the gluons. This mechanism is expected to dominate over Drell-Yan for $L^+L^-$ invariant masses above the $Z^\prime$ mass.

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arXiv1996

Heavy Charged Lepton Production In Superstring Inspired E6 Models

We investigate the possibility of studying E$_6$ phenomenology at high energy hadron colliders. The production of heavy leptons pairs {\it via} a gluon-gluon fusion mechanism is discussed. An enhancement in the parton level cross-section is expected due to the heavy (s)fermion loops which couple to the gluons.

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arXiv1995

Fragmentation production of doubly heavy baryons

Baryons with a single heavy quark are being studied experimentally at present. Baryons with two units of heavy flavor will be abundantly produced not only at future colliders, but also at existing facilities. In this paper we study the production via heavy quark fragmentation of baryons containing two heavy quarks at the Tevatron, the LHC, HERA, and the NLC. The production rate is woefully small at HERA and at the NLC, but significant at $pp$ and $p\bar{p}$ machines. We present distributions in various kinematical variables in addition to the integrated cross sections at hadron colliders.

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arXiv1994

Probing the Heavy Quark Content of the Photon Using b Tagging at Electron Photon Colliders

We study the prospects for probing the quark content of the photon using b tagging at high energy electron-photon colliders. We find that heavy quark tagging provides a sensitive and effective probe of the quark content of the photon. Using a 500 GeV $e^+e^-$\ NLC in electron-photon mode, the cross section for $eb_γ\rightarrow eb$\ can be measured to 10\% with b tagging. This is sufficient to differentiate between the various photon structure functions.

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arXiv1994

Determination of Leptoquark Properties in Polarized $eγ$ Collisions

We study leptoquark production using polarized $eγ$ colliders for the center of mass energies $\sqrt s=500$~GeV and 1~TeV. We show that using polarization asymmetries the ten different types of leptoquarks listed by Buchmüller, Rückl and Wyler can be distinquished from one another for leptoquark masses essentially up to the kinematic limit of the respective colliders. Thus, if a leptoquark were discovered an $eγ$ collider could play a crucial role in determining its origins.

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arXiv1994

Aspects of $χ$ and $ψ$ Production in Polarized Proton-Proton Collisions

Several topics of relevance to low transverse momentum $ψ$ and $χ_{1,2}(c\overline{c})$ production in polarized proton-proton collisions are discussed. The leading ${\cal O}(α_S^3)$ contributions to the low $p_T$ $χ_1$ production cross-sections via $gg$, $qg$, and $q\overline{q}$ initial states are calculated as well as the corresponding spin-spin asymmetries. We find that $χ_1$ production increases relative to direct $ψ$ and $χ_2$ production, providing up to $25\%$ of the observable $e^+e^-$ pairs arising from $ψ$ decays in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 500\,GeV$. The spin-dependence of $χ_1$ production, however, is much smaller than for either direct $ψ$ or $χ_2$ production and so will likely be far less useful than either process in probing the polarized gluon structure function of the proton. A subset of the ${\cal O}(α_S^3)$ radiative corrections to $χ_2$ production involving initial state quarks are also performed and compared to leading order $gg \rightarrow χ_2$ predictions.

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arXiv1993

Hadronic $W$ production and the Gottfried Sum Rule

The difference in production rate between $W^+$ and $W^-$ at hadron colliders is very sensitive to the the difference between up- and down-quark distributions in the proton. This sensitivity allows for a variety of useful measurements. We consider the difference $d_s(x,Q^2) - u_s(x,Q^2)$ in the sea distributions and the difference $Δu(x,Q^2) - Δd(x,Q^2)$ in the polarized parton distribution functions. In both cases we construct an asymmetry to reduce systematic uncertainties. Although we discuss measurements at the Tevatron and future hadron colliders, we find that the Brookhaven Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) is the most appropriate hadron collider for these measurements.

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arXiv1993

Associated $J/ψ+ γ$ production as a probe of the polarized gluon distribution

Associated production of $J/ψ$ and a $γ$ has recently been proposed as clean probe of the gluon distribution. The same mechanism can be used to probe the polarized gluon content of the proton in polarized proton-proton collisions. We study $J/ψ+ γ$ production at both polarized fixed target and polarized collider energies.

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arXiv1993

$J/ψ$ at small-$x$

It has been suggested that the suppression of $J/ψ$ production in heavy nuclei is a signature of the formation of quark-gluon plasma. We here show that this phenomenon can be understood in terms of conventional physics, {\it i.e.} {\it i)} perturbative QCD, {\it ii)} the parton recombination implementation of shadowing in the initial state, and {\it iii)} final state interactions with the hadronic debris of the nuclear target. Unlike previous calculations we include both the direct $J/ψ$ production and its production via radiative $χ$ decays ($χ_J \to J/ψ+ γ$). We are able to reproduce the experimental data including their small-$x$ behavior. We emphasize the importance of studying the $x_2$-dependence of the ratio $σ(b A)/σ(b N)$, where $b$ designates the beam and $x_2$ is the momentum fraction of the parton from the nuclear target.

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