Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2002-10-14
Phys.Rev. D67 (2003) 073012
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
19 pages, REVTeX4, 8 postscript figures. Updated references. Typos corrected
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.67.073012
Recent 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.
Loinaz Will
Okamura Naotoshi
Takeuchi Tatsu
Wijewardhana L. C. R.
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