Probing Lepton Number Violation via Majorana Neutrinos at Hadron Supercolliders

Abstract

The possibility of discovering heavy Majorana neutrinos and lepton number violation via the like sign dilepton signal at hadron super- colliders is investigated. The cross-sections for the production of these neutrinos singly as well as in pairs are computed both in three and four generation scenarios within the framework of the gauge group $SU(2{)}_L\otimes U(1{)}_Y$ and the dominant processes are identified. The suppression of the Standard model background by suitable kinematical cuts is also discussed.

Comments: 29 p.(5 figs. available upon request), LaTeX, RAL/93-074