TY - JOUR
T1 - Extra dimensions and seesaw neutrinos at the International Linear Collider
AU - Saito, Tomoyuki
AU - Asano, Masaki
AU - Fujii, Keisuke
AU - Haba, Naoyuki
AU - Matsumoto, Shigeki
AU - Nabeshima, Takehiro
AU - Takubo, Yosuke
AU - Yamamoto, Hitoshi
AU - Yoshioka, Koichi
PY - 2010/11/5
Y1 - 2010/11/5
N2 - We study the capability of the International Linear Collider to probe extra dimensions via the seesaw mechanism. In the scenario we study, heavy Kaluza-Klein neutrinos generate tiny neutrino masses and, at the same time, have sizable couplings to the standard-model particles. Consequently, a Kaluza-Klein tower of heavy neutrinos (N) can be produced and studied at the International Linear Collider through the process: e+e-→νN followed by N→Wℓ decay. We show that the single lepton plus two-jets final states with large missing energy from this signal process will provide a good opportunity to measure the masses and cross sections of Kaluza-Klein neutrinos up to the third level. Furthermore, the neutrino oscillation parameters can be extracted from the flavor dependence of the lowest-mode signals, which give us information about the origin of low-energy neutrino masses.
AB - We study the capability of the International Linear Collider to probe extra dimensions via the seesaw mechanism. In the scenario we study, heavy Kaluza-Klein neutrinos generate tiny neutrino masses and, at the same time, have sizable couplings to the standard-model particles. Consequently, a Kaluza-Klein tower of heavy neutrinos (N) can be produced and studied at the International Linear Collider through the process: e+e-→νN followed by N→Wℓ decay. We show that the single lepton plus two-jets final states with large missing energy from this signal process will provide a good opportunity to measure the masses and cross sections of Kaluza-Klein neutrinos up to the third level. Furthermore, the neutrino oscillation parameters can be extracted from the flavor dependence of the lowest-mode signals, which give us information about the origin of low-energy neutrino masses.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.82.093004
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.82.093004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:78651084794
SN - 1550-7998
VL - 82
JO - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
JF - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
IS - 9
M1 - 093004
ER -