Cosmic ray air showers from sphalerons
The discovery of the Higgs boson marks a key ingredient to establish the electroweak structure of the Standard Model. Its non-abelian gauge structure gives rise to, yet unobserved, non-perturbative baryon and lepton number violating processes. We propose to use cosmic ray air showers, as measured, f...
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| description | The discovery of the Higgs boson marks a key ingredient to establish the electroweak structure of the Standard Model. Its non-abelian gauge structure gives rise to, yet unobserved, non-perturbative baryon and lepton number violating processes. We propose to use cosmic ray air showers, as measured, for example, at the Pierre Auger Observatory, to set a limit on the hadronic production cross section of sphalerons. We identify several observables to discriminate between sphaleron and QCD induced air showers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-648869b6dfc9494b95906d06a1b032612022-12-21T23:30:13ZengElsevierPhysics Letters B0370-26931873-24452016-10-01761C21321810.1016/j.physletb.2016.08.030Cosmic ray air showers from sphaleronsGustaaf Brooijmans0Peter Schichtel1Michael Spannowsky2Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, United StatesInstitute for Particle Physics Phenomenology, Department of Physics, Durham University, DH1 3LE, United KingdomInstitute for Particle Physics Phenomenology, Department of Physics, Durham University, DH1 3LE, United KingdomThe discovery of the Higgs boson marks a key ingredient to establish the electroweak structure of the Standard Model. Its non-abelian gauge structure gives rise to, yet unobserved, non-perturbative baryon and lepton number violating processes. We propose to use cosmic ray air showers, as measured, for example, at the Pierre Auger Observatory, to set a limit on the hadronic production cross section of sphalerons. We identify several observables to discriminate between sphaleron and QCD induced air showers.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269316304506 |
| spellingShingle | Gustaaf Brooijmans Peter Schichtel Michael Spannowsky Cosmic ray air showers from sphalerons Physics Letters B |
| title | Cosmic ray air showers from sphalerons |
| title_full | Cosmic ray air showers from sphalerons |
| title_fullStr | Cosmic ray air showers from sphalerons |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cosmic ray air showers from sphalerons |
| title_short | Cosmic ray air showers from sphalerons |
| title_sort | cosmic ray air showers from sphalerons |
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