Constraints on Extended Neutral Gauge Structures

dc.creatorErler, Jens
dc.creatorLangacker, Paul
dc.date1999-03-24
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:33:50Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:33:50Z
dc.descriptionIndirect precision data are used to constrain the masses of possible extra Z^prime bosons and their mixings with the ordinary Z. We study a variety of Z^prime bosons as they appear in E_6 and left-right unification models, the sequential Z boson, and the example of an additional U(1) in a concrete model from heterotic string theory. In all cases the mixings are severely constrained (sin theta < 0.01). The lower mass limits are generally of the order of several hundred GeV and competitive with collider bounds. The exception is the Z_psi boson, whose vector couplings vanish and whose limits are weaker. The results change little when the rho parameter is allowed, which corresponds to a completely arbitrary Higgs sector. On the other hand, in specific models with minimal Higgs structures the limits are generally pushed into the TeV region.
dc.description13 pages of LaTeX2e, 6 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9903476
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9903476
dc.identifierPhys.Lett.B456:68-76,1999
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00457-8
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/179263
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleConstraints on Extended Neutral Gauge Structures
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