<p>This paper investigates the search for heavy neutral leptons (HNL) in the type I seesaw mechanism at the Future Circular Collider in its <i>e</i><sup>+</sup><i>e</i><sup><i>−</i></sup> stage (FCC-ee), considering a luminosity of 125 ab<sup><i>−</i>1</sup> collected at <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <InlineMediaObject> <ImageObject Color="BlackWhite" FileRef="13130_2025_26129_Article_IEq1.gif" Format="GIF" Height="19" Rendition="HTML" Resolution="72" Type="Linedraw" Width="30" /> </InlineMediaObject> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math display="inline"> <msqrt> <mi>s</mi> </msqrt> </math></EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\( \sqrt{s} \)</EquationSource> </InlineEquation> = 91<i>.</i>2 GeV. The study examines two generations of heavy neutral leptons produced in association with Standard Model (SM) neutrinos and decaying to a purely leptonic final state. This theoretical framework can explain neutrino oscillations and other open questions of the SM, providing a broader perspective on the relevance of this experimental search. The analysis is performed using a fast simulation of the IDEA detector concept to study potential HNL interactions at the FCC-ee. The sensitivity contours are obtained from a selection of kinematic variables aimed at improving the signal-to-background ratio for the prompt production case. In the case of long-lived HNLs, the background can be almost fully eliminated by exploiting their displaced decay vertices. The study shows that the FCC-ee has a significant sensitivity to observing these objects in a region of the phase space not accessible by other experiments.</p>

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Searching for type I seesaw mechanism in a two heavy neutral leptons scenario at FCC-ee

  • S. Ajmal,
  • P. Azzi,
  • S. Giappichini,
  • M. Klute,
  • O. Panella,
  • M. Presilla,
  • X. Zuo

摘要

This paper investigates the search for heavy neutral leptons (HNL) in the type I seesaw mechanism at the Future Circular Collider in its e+e stage (FCC-ee), considering a luminosity of 125 ab1 collected at s \( \sqrt{s} \) = 91.2 GeV. The study examines two generations of heavy neutral leptons produced in association with Standard Model (SM) neutrinos and decaying to a purely leptonic final state. This theoretical framework can explain neutrino oscillations and other open questions of the SM, providing a broader perspective on the relevance of this experimental search. The analysis is performed using a fast simulation of the IDEA detector concept to study potential HNL interactions at the FCC-ee. The sensitivity contours are obtained from a selection of kinematic variables aimed at improving the signal-to-background ratio for the prompt production case. In the case of long-lived HNLs, the background can be almost fully eliminated by exploiting their displaced decay vertices. The study shows that the FCC-ee has a significant sensitivity to observing these objects in a region of the phase space not accessible by other experiments.