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Exotic leptoquarks from superstring-derived models

The H1 and ZEUS collaborations have recently reported a significant excess of e + p → e + jet events at high- Q 2. While there exists insufficient data to conclusively determine the origin of this excess, one possibility is that it is due to a new leptoquark at mass scale around 200 GeV. We examine...

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Published in:Nuclear physics. B 1998-02, Vol.512 (1), p.42-60
Main Authors: Elwood, John K., Faraggi, Alon E.
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Language:English
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Summary:The H1 and ZEUS collaborations have recently reported a significant excess of e + p → e + jet events at high- Q 2. While there exists insufficient data to conclusively determine the origin of this excess, one possibility is that it is due to a new leptoquark at mass scale around 200 GeV. We examine the type of leptoquark states that exists in superstring-derived standard-like models, and show that, while these models may contain the standard leptoquark states which exist in Grand Unified Theories, they also generically contain new and exotic leptoquark states with fractional lepton number, ± 1 2 . In contrast to the traditional GUT-type leptoquark states, the couplings of the exotic leptoquarks to the Standard Model states are generated after the breaking of U(1) B− L . This important feature of the exotic leptoquark states may result in local discrete symmetries which forbid some of the undesired leptoquark couplings. We examine these couplings in several models and study the phenomenological implications. The flavor symmetries of the superstring models are found to naturally suppress leptoquark flavor-changing processes.
ISSN:0550-3213
1873-1562
DOI:10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00757-8