Leptoquark/Squark Interpretation of HERA Events: Virtual Effects in e+e- Annihilation to Hadrons

Abstract

In reference to the recently observed high Q^2, large x events in deep-inelastic positron-proton scattering at HERA, various leptoquark and supersymmetric scenarios are discussed. We study the impact of virtual leptoquark or R-parity breaking squark exchange as well as generic contact interaction on the production of quark-antiquark pairs in $e^{+}{e}^{-}$ annihilation, in particular at LEP2.

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