An effective Z'

Note: 12:30 PM
Speaker: David Tucker-Smith, Williams College

When: April 25, 2011 (Mon), 12:30PM to 01:30PM (add to my calendar)
Location: PRB 595

This event is part of the HET Seminar Series.

Abstract:  I discuss a framework for extending the Standard  Model (SM) to incorporate  a Z' gauge boson in the effective theory.  The Z' can couple exclusively  to left- or right-handed quarks or leptons and can have flavor-violating couplings, without disturbing some of the nicest features of the SM.   I will explore whether this framework can be used to address various Tevatron anomalies, and then will briefly discuss other distinctive aspects of its collider phenomenology.