Diphoton signals for low scale gravity in extra dimensions

Apr, 1999
14 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 61 (2000) 015005
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Report number:
  • UCD-HEP-99-8

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Abstract: (arXiv)
Gravity can become strong at the TeV scale in the theory of extra dimensions. An effective Lagrangian can be used to describe the gravitational interactions below a cut-off scale. In this work, we study the diphoton production in γγ\gamma\gamma, ppˉp\bar p, and e+ee^+ e^- collisions in the model of low scale gravity. Since in the standard model photon-photon scattering only occurs via box diagrams, the cross section is highly suppressed. Thus, photon-photon scattering opens an interesting opportunity for studying the new gravity interaction, which allows tree-level photon couplings. In addition, we also examine the diphoton production at hadronic and e+ee^+ e^- colliders. We derive the limits on the cut-off scale from the available diphoton data and also estimate the sensitivity reach in Run II at the Tevaton and at the future linear e+ee^+ e^- colliders.
  • photon photon: interaction
  • anti-p p: interaction
  • electron positron: interaction
  • photon: pair production
  • gravitation: effect
  • space-time: higher-dimensional
  • channel cross section: energy dependence
  • differential cross section: angular dependence
  • numerical calculations: interpretation of experiments
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