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Report number	hep-ph/9712340 ; CERN-TH-97-356 ; CERN-TH-97-356
Title	Hunting Down Interpretations of the HERA Large-$Q^{2}$ data
Author(s)	Ellis, John R. (CERN)
Publication	1999
Imprint	12 Dec 1997
Number of pages	8
In:	International Europhysics Conference on High-Energy Physics, Jerusalem, Israel, 19 - 25 Aug 1997, pp.1263-1269
Subject category	Particle Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract	Possible interpretations of the HERA large-Q^2 data are reviewed briefly. The possibility of statistical fluctuations cannot be ruled out, and it seems premature to argue that the H1 and ZEUS anomalies are incompatible. The data cannot be explained away by modifications of parton distributions, nor do contact interactions help. A leptoquark interpretation would need a large tau-q branching ratio. Several R-violating squark interpretations are still viable despite all the constraints, and offer interesting experimental signatures, but please do not hold your breath.

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