Weak Scale Quantum Gravity Effects for $\gamma \gamma \to ZZ$ in the TeV region

Abstract

We consider the effect of massive spin-2 gravitons that occur as Kaluza-Klein excitations of the graviton in a Weak scale Quantum Gravity scenario on the process $\gamma \gamma \to ZZ$, which in the Standard Model can proceed through loop diagrams. For a wide range of parameters, we show that the massive gravitons leave behind signatures that should be verifiable in a TeV scale scattering experiment.

Comments: 12 pages, 9 figures