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Article, 2024

Long-lived heavy neutral leptons at lepton colliders as a probe of left-right-symmetric models

PHYSICAL REVIEW D, ISSN 2470-0010, 2470-0010, Volume 109, 5, 10.1103/PhysRevD.109.055002

Contributors

Urquia-Calderon, Kevin A. (Corresponding author) [1] [2]

Affiliations

  1. [1] Univ Copenhagen, Niels Bohr Inst, Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2010 Copenhagen, Denmark
  2. [NORA names: KU University of Copenhagen; University; Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD];
  3. [2] Univ Copenhagen, Niels Bohr Inst, Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2010 Copenhagen, Denmark
  4. [NORA names: KU University of Copenhagen; University; Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD]

Abstract

Left -right symmetric models (LRSM) were proposed to reconcile the apparent parity violation in weak interactions with our intrinsic notion of fundamental parity symmetry. It was quickly realized that LRSM offers a viable framework for explaining neutrino masses by incorporating right-handed neutrinos, N, into its spectrum. In this study, we investigate for the first time the potential of future lepton colliders (including the FCC-ee, CEPC, ILC, CLIC, and a muon collider) to detect signals stemming from N's, focusing primarily on displaced vertex signals, and on prompt signals to a lesser degree. Our results demonstrate that these signals can effectively probe the characteristic scales of LRSM, providing evidence that would be unobtainable through any other experimental means.

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