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CP Violation and the Width Z→ bb

W. Bernreuther, G. W. Botz, D. Bruss, P. Haberl, O. Nachtmann

hep-pharXiv:hep-ph/9412268

Abstract

We discuss the effect of CP-violating Zbb, ZbbG and Zbbγ couplings on the width Γ(Z→ b bX). The presence of such couplings leads in a natural way to an increase of this width relative to the prediction of the standard model. Various strategies of a direct search for such CP-violating couplings by using CP-odd observables are outlined. The number of Z bosons required to obtain significant information on the couplings in this way is well within the reach of present LEP experiments.

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