The NuTeV Anomaly, Neutrino Mixing, and a Heavy Higgs Boson

dc.creatorLoinaz, Will
dc.creatorOkamura, Naotoshi
dc.creatorTakeuchi, Tatsu
dc.creatorWijewardhana, L. C. R.
dc.date2002-10-14
dc.date2003-03-20
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:48:14Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T03:48:14Z
dc.descriptionRecent results from the NuTeV experiment at Fermilab and the deviation of the Z invisible width, measured at LEP/SLC, from its Standard Model (SM) prediction suggest the suppression of neutrino-Z couplings. Such suppressions occur naturally in models which mix the neutrinos with heavy gauge singlet states. We postulate a universal suppression of the Z-nu-nu couplings by a factor of (1-epsilon) and perform a fit to the Z-pole and NuTeV observables with epsilon and the oblique correction parameters S and T. Compared to a fit with S and T only, inclusion of epsilon leads to a dramatic improvement in the quality of the fit. The values of S and T preferred by the fit can be obtained within the SM by a simple increase in the Higgs boson mass. However, if the W mass is also included in the fit, a non-zero U parameter becomes necessary which cannot be supplied within the SM. The preferred value of epsilon suggests that the seesaw mechanism may not be the reason why neutrinos are so light.
dc.description19 pages, REVTeX4, 8 postscript figures. Updated references. Typos corrected
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0210193
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0210193
dc.identifierPhys.Rev. D67 (2003) 073012
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.67.073012
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/41927
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleThe NuTeV Anomaly, Neutrino Mixing, and a Heavy Higgs Boson
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