Search for electromagnetic properties of the neutrinos at the LHC
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, vol.2011, no.3, 2011 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 2011 Issue: 3
- Publication Date: 2011
- Doi Number: 10.1007/jhep03(2011)100
- Journal Name: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Keywords: Beyond Standard Model, Neutrino Physics, Electromagnetic Processes and Properties, MAGNETIC-MOMENT, MASSIVE NEUTRINOS, LIMITS, COLLISIONS, EVOLUTION, DECAYS, MUON
- Ankara University Affiliated: No
Abstract
Exclusive production of neutrinos via photon-photon fusion provides an excellent opportunity to probe electromagnetic properties of the neutrinos at the LHC. We explore the potential of processes pp -> p gamma gamma p -> p nu(nu) over barp and pp -> p gamma gamma p -> p nu(nu) over bar Zp to probe neutrino-photon and neutrino-two photon couplings. We show that these reactions provide more than seven orders of magnitude improvement in neutrino-two photon couplings compared to LEP limits.