# Vertex displacements for acausal particles: testing the Lee-Wick standard model at the LHC

@article{Alvarez2009VertexDF,
title={Vertex displacements for acausal particles: testing the Lee-Wick standard model at the LHC},
author={Ezequiel Alvarez and Leandro Da Rold and Carlos L. Schat and Alejandro Szynkman},
journal={Journal of High Energy Physics},
year={2009},
volume={2009},
pages={023-023}
}
• Published 17 August 2009
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We propose to search for wrong displaced vertices, where decay products of the secondary vertex move towards the primary vertex instead of away from it, as a signature for microscopic violation of causality. We analyze in detail the leptonic sector of the recently proposed Lee-Wick Standard Model, which provides a well motivated framework to study acausal effects. We find that, assuming Minimal Flavor Violation, the Lee-Wick partners of the electron, e and , can produce measurable wrong…

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