Revisiting Constraints on Fourth Generation Neutrino Masses

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We revisit the current experimental bounds on fourth-generation Majorana neutrino masses, including the effects of right handed neutrinos.

• Current bounds from LEPII are significantly altered by a global analysis.
• We show that the current bounds on fourth generation neutrinos decaying to eW and mu W can be reduced to about 80 GeV (from the current bound of 90 GeV), while a neutrino decaying to tau W can be as light as 62.1 GeV.
• The weakened bound opens up a neutrino decay channel for intermediate mass Higgs, and interesting multi-particle final states for Higgs and fourth generation lepton decays.