The effects of a scalar singlet Leptoquark at the $Z$ factory

TL;DR

This paper assesses the potential to detect scalar singlet leptoquarks at the future Z factory, focusing on their effects on tau-pair production and the resulting constraints on leptoquark parameters.

Contribution

It provides an analysis of leptoquark effects on Z-pole tau-pair production, including analytic functions and sensitivity estimates for future collider measurements.

Findings

Sizable leptoquark effects on tau-pair production with up to -0.7% deviation.

Effects are stable across the kinematic region and sensitive to left-handed interactions.

Future Z factory measurements can further constrain leptoquark models.

Abstract

We evaluate the observability of the effects of a scalar singlet leptoquark (LQ) in $\mu$ and $\tau$-pair productions at the $Z$ factory. In the scenario addressing the charged-current anomalies, the LQ contributions to $\mu$-pair final state are negligible. In contrast, a sizable contribution arises in the $\tau$-pair production, which is identical in both $Z$ decay and $e^+e^-$ collider at $Z$ pole. These effects are mainly sensitive to left-handed interaction, showing a maximum deviation of about $-0.7\%$ for both 1\,TeV and 2\,TeV LQ. The suppression of new physics effects from the heavy LQ can be compensated by the enlarged couplings parameter space. For the $\tau$-pair production channel, we further specify the coupling constraints corresponding to the expected measurement precision at the future $Z$ factory. Moreover, we provide an analytic function in terms of the LQ mass and couplings to quantify the LQ effects. The differential distributions in the collision process indicate that the LQ effects remain stable throughout the kinematic region. Meanwhile, the measurement sensitivity of the $\tau$-pair final state at the future $Z$ factory is expected to impose further constraints on the LQ theory.