Vector Leptoquark Production at Hadron Colliders

TL;DR

This paper investigates the production mechanisms and cross sections of vector leptoquarks at major hadron colliders, showing they have higher production rates than scalar leptoquarks, which improves detection prospects.

Contribution

It provides the first detailed calculation of vector leptoquark production cross sections at hadron colliders, highlighting their larger rates compared to scalar counterparts.

Findings

Vector leptoquark production cross sections are larger than scalar leptoquarks of the same mass.

Production occurs via quark-antiquark and gluon fusion processes.

Enhanced search capabilities for vector leptoquarks at colliders.

Abstract

We explore the production of vector leptoquarks ($V$) at the Tevatron, LHC, and SSC through both quark-antiquark and gluon fusion: $q \bar q, gg \to VV$. The cross sections are found to be somewhat larger than for scalar leptoquarks of the same mass implying enhanced search capabilities. Contributed to the Workshop on Physics at Current Accelerators and the Supercollider, Argonne National Lab, June 1993.