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Phys. Rev. D 77, 075007 (2008) [7 pages]

Unparticle self-interactions and their collider implications

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Jonathan L. Feng, Arvind Rajaraman, and Huitzu Tu
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA

Received 23 January 2008; published 17 April 2008

In unparticle physics, operators of the conformal sector have self-interactions, and these are unsuppressed for strong coupling. The 3-point interactions are completely determined by conformal symmetry, up to a constant. We do not know of any theoretical upper bounds on this constant. Imposing current experimental constraints, we find that these interactions mediate spectacular collider signals, such as ppUUUγγγγ, γγZZ, ZZZZ, γγl+l-, ZZl+l-, and 4l, with cross sections of picobarns or larger at the large hadron collider. Self-interactions may therefore provide the leading discovery prospects for unparticle physics.

© 2008 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.77.075007
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.77.075007
PACS:
12.60.−i, 11.25.Hf, 13.85.−t, 14.80.−j