If a fourth generation of leptons exists, both the neutrino and its charged partner must be heavier than 45 GeV. We suppose that the neutrino is the heavier of the two, and that a global or discrete symmetry prohibits intergenerational mixing. In that case, non-renormalizable Planck scale interactions will induce a very small mixing; dimension five interactions will lead to a lifetime for the heavy charged lepton of O(1--100) years. Production of such particles is discussed, and it is shown that a few thousands can be produced and collected at a linear collider. The possible uses of these heavy leptons is also briefly discussed
In extensions of the standard model with a heavy fourth generation, one important question is what m...
In scenarios with sterile (right-handed) neutrinos that are subject to an approximate “lepton-number...
The experimental signature of the production of heavy, sequential neutrinos at the PEP and PETRA e+e...
Heavy neutral leptons are predicted in many extensions of the Standard Model with massive neutrinos....
AbstractRecent studies of precision electroweak observables have led to the conclusion that a fourth...
Several lines of reasoning suggest that there might exist a non-sequential fourth generation of heav...
We investigate the question whether leptogenesis, as a mechanism for explaining the baryon asymmetry...
We investigate the question whether leptogenesis, as a mechanism for explaining the baryon asymmetry...
Neutrinos are among the most mysterious particles in nature. Their mass hierarchy and oscillations, ...
From non-observation at LEP1, a lower mass limit of 45 GeV has been established on any additional se...
We discuss the prospects of studying lepton number violating processes in order to identify Majorana...
Leptogenesis induced by the oscillations of GeV-scale neutrinos provides a minimal and testable expl...
From non-observation at LEP1, a lower mass limit of 45 GeV has been established on any additional se...
We consider the neutrino sector of a Standard Model with four generations. While the three light neu...
The authors examine a mechanism which can lead to flavor transformation of neutrino-antineutrino asy...
In extensions of the standard model with a heavy fourth generation, one important question is what m...
In scenarios with sterile (right-handed) neutrinos that are subject to an approximate “lepton-number...
The experimental signature of the production of heavy, sequential neutrinos at the PEP and PETRA e+e...
Heavy neutral leptons are predicted in many extensions of the Standard Model with massive neutrinos....
AbstractRecent studies of precision electroweak observables have led to the conclusion that a fourth...
Several lines of reasoning suggest that there might exist a non-sequential fourth generation of heav...
We investigate the question whether leptogenesis, as a mechanism for explaining the baryon asymmetry...
We investigate the question whether leptogenesis, as a mechanism for explaining the baryon asymmetry...
Neutrinos are among the most mysterious particles in nature. Their mass hierarchy and oscillations, ...
From non-observation at LEP1, a lower mass limit of 45 GeV has been established on any additional se...
We discuss the prospects of studying lepton number violating processes in order to identify Majorana...
Leptogenesis induced by the oscillations of GeV-scale neutrinos provides a minimal and testable expl...
From non-observation at LEP1, a lower mass limit of 45 GeV has been established on any additional se...
We consider the neutrino sector of a Standard Model with four generations. While the three light neu...
The authors examine a mechanism which can lead to flavor transformation of neutrino-antineutrino asy...
In extensions of the standard model with a heavy fourth generation, one important question is what m...
In scenarios with sterile (right-handed) neutrinos that are subject to an approximate “lepton-number...
The experimental signature of the production of heavy, sequential neutrinos at the PEP and PETRA e+e...