Does the Z boson have a lighter cousin?
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| author | Greensite, Jeff |
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| contents | In the quenched electroweak theory on the lattice I construct a set of physical states which overlap the physical photon and Z boson states. This is done by employing eigenstates of the covariant lattice Laplacian, in addition to the Higgs and lattice link variables, to construct gauge invariant vector boson creation operators. Diagonalizing the transfer matrix in the subspace of Hilbert space spanned by this set yields a massless photon and massive Z particle, as expected. But in the numerical data there is evidence for more vector bosons in the spectrum, albeit with considerable uncertainty in their masses, with the lowest finite mass particle in the range of 3-4 GeV. |
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| spellingShingle | Does the Z boson have a lighter cousin? Greensite, Jeff High Energy Physics - Lattice High Energy Physics - Phenomenology In the quenched electroweak theory on the lattice I construct a set of physical states which overlap the physical photon and Z boson states. This is done by employing eigenstates of the covariant lattice Laplacian, in addition to the Higgs and lattice link variables, to construct gauge invariant vector boson creation operators. Diagonalizing the transfer matrix in the subspace of Hilbert space spanned by this set yields a massless photon and massive Z particle, as expected. But in the numerical data there is evidence for more vector bosons in the spectrum, albeit with considerable uncertainty in their masses, with the lowest finite mass particle in the range of 3-4 GeV. |
| title | Does the Z boson have a lighter cousin? |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Lattice High Energy Physics - Phenomenology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.02083 |