2002/12/31 by J. Alcaraz, J. Alcaraz Maestre, J. A. R. Cembranos +5 · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Brane #Context (archaeology) #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Electron #Electron–positron annihilation #Electroweak interaction #Electroweak scale #Gauge boson #Gauge theory #Hadron #Large Hadron Collider #Nuclear physics #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Positron #Theoretical physics #hep-ph #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.67.075010
published as Phys.Rev.D67:075010,2003 · LaTeX, 38 pages, 7 figures. Minor changes, matches published version
openalex publication_date 2003/04/21 · arxiv created 2003/05/06 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
In the context of the brane-world scenarios with compactified large extra dimensions, we study the production of the possible massive brane oscillations (branons) in electron-positron colliders. We compute their contribution to the electroweak gauge bosons decay width and to the single-photon and single-Z processes. With CERN LEP-I results and assuming nonobservation at LEP-II we present exclusion plots for the brane tension \ensuremathτ=f4 and the branon mass M. Prospects for the next generation of electron-positron colliders are also considered.