Decays of Weak Vector Bosons and T Quarks Into Doubly Charged Higgs Scalars

Feb, 1982
14 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 26 (1982) 218
Report number:
  • MAD/PH/37,
  • BNL-30988

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Abstract: (APS)
We evaluate the decays of W+ and Z0 bosons into χ++, the doubly charged member of the scalar triplet in the Gelmini-Roncadelli model in which spontaneously broken B−L symmetry gives Majorana masses to neutrinos. For M(χ++)<28 GeV, the branching fractions exceed 4% for W+→χ++χ− and 2% for Z0→χ++χ−−. Sequential χ++→l1+l2+ leptonic decays could be substantially higher than previously recognized and could be dominant. Decay distributions for leptons of this origin are calculated for p¯p colliders. We also evaluate t→bχ++χ− decay.
  • POSTULATED PARTICLE: W+
  • POSTULATED PARTICLE: Z0
  • POSTULATED PARTICLE: HIGGS PARTICLE
  • INTERMEDIATE BOSON: DECAY
  • DECAY: INTERMEDIATE BOSON
  • INTERMEDIATE BOSON: BRANCHING RATIO
  • GAUGE FIELD THEORY: SU(2) X U(1)
  • SPONTANEOUS SYMMETRY BREAKING
  • B-L NUMBER: VIOLATION
  • COUPLING: YUKAWA