Z' boson
Many of the new particle physics theories predict the existence of new heavy particles.
The Higgs boson was predicted by theory long before its discovery, and when it was finally discovered in 2012, this was a huge success which strengthened our confidence in the Standard Model.
A particle which has not yet been observed in experiment is the Z' boson. This particle is a heavy partner of the Z boson and is predicted by some theories beyond the Standard Model that require the introduction of a new weak force. In most realizations the decay and production of the Z' boson will be very similar to the decay and production of the ordinary Z boson, which we have already introduced on the previous pages. This means that we can use exactly the same techniques as you have already learned in order to look for the Z' boson! We can draw the Feynman diagrams for some Z' decays (so you can compare with the ones for Z).
Do you see any similarities to the Z decays?