https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-13165-y
Regular Article – Theoretical Physics
Z boson emission by an electron and the decays of Z boson into fermions in a de Sitter universe
Faculty of Physics, West University of Timişoara, V. Parvan Avenue 4, 300223, Timişoara, Romania
Received:
16
May
2024
Accepted:
25
July
2024
Published online:
26
August
2024
In this paper we develop a method to obtain the rates for the decay of a Z boson into fermions in de Sitter geometry. Our general results obtained in de Sitter space-time allow us to obtain the Minkowski limits for the transition rates when the expansion parameter vanishes. Another important result reported in the present study is related to the emission of Z bosons by electrons and positrons. All the processes were studied by implementing perturbative methods that allow us to define the transition amplitudes in the first order of perturbation theory. The variation of probabilities and rates in terms of expansion parameter and particles masses is also given, pointing out that the processes that generate particle production are possible only in the early universe. For computing the transition rates and probabilities we use the dimensional regularization method and the minimal substraction method.
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