scholarly journals Charged lepton flavor change and nonstandard neutrino interactions

2020 ◽  
Vol 101 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sacha Davidson ◽  
Martin Gorbahn
Keyword(s):  
Charged Lepton ◽  
Neutrino Interactions ◽  
Lepton Flavor ◽  
Flavor Change

scholarly journals Charged lepton flavor violation at the EIC

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Cirigliano ◽  
Kaori Fuyuto ◽  
Christopher Lee ◽  
Emanuele Mereghetti ◽  
Bin Yan
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sections ◽  
Charged Lepton ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Background Suppression ◽  
Lepton Flavor Violation ◽  
Final State ◽  
Lepton Flavor ◽  
Flavor Violation ◽  
Discovery Potential

Abstract We present a comprehensive analysis of the potential sensitivity of the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) to charged lepton flavor violation (CLFV) in the channel ep→τX, within the model-independent framework of the Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT). We compute the relevant cross sections to leading order in QCD and electroweak corrections and perform simulations of signal and SM background events in various τ decay channels, suggesting simple cuts to enhance the associated estimated efficiencies. To assess the discovery potential of the EIC in τ-e transitions, we study the sensitivity of other probes of this physics across a broad range of energy scales, from pp→eτX at the Large Hadron Collider to decays of B mesons and τ leptons, such as τ→eγ, τ→eℓ+ℓ−, and crucially the hadronic modes τ→eY with Y∈π, K, ππ, Kπ, …. We find that electroweak dipole and four-fermion semi-leptonic operators involving light quarks are already strongly constrained by τ decays, while operators involving the c and b quarks present more promising discovery potential for the EIC. An analysis of three models of leptoquarks confirms the expectations based on the SMEFT results. We also identify future directions needed to maximize the reach of the EIC in CLFV searches: these include an optimization of the τ tagger in hadronic channels, an exploration of background suppression through tagging b and c jets in the final state, and a global fit by turning on all SMEFT couplings, which will likely reveal new discovery windows for the EIC.

scholarly journals Searching for charged lepton flavor violation at ep colliders

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Antusch ◽  
A. Hammad ◽  
Ahmed Rashed
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Charged Lepton ◽  
Neutral Current ◽  
Effective Theory ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Lepton Flavor Violation ◽  
Lepton Flavor ◽  
Flavor Violation ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Order Of Magnitude

Abstract We investigate the sensitivity of electron-proton (ep) colliders for charged lepton flavor violation (cLFV) in an effective theory approach, considering a general effective Lagrangian for the conversion of an electron into a muon or a tau via the effective coupling to a neutral gauge boson or a neutral scalar field. For the photon, the Z boson and the Higgs particle of the Standard Model, we present the sensitivities of the LHeC for the coefficients of the effective operators, calculated from an analysis at the reconstructed level. As an example model where such flavor changing neutral current (FCNC) operators are generated at loop level, we consider the extension of the Standard Model by sterile neutrinos. We show that the LHeC could already probe the LFV conversion of an electron into a muon beyond the current experimental bounds, and could reach more than an order of magnitude higher sensitivity than the present limits for LFV conversion of an electron into a tau. We discuss that the high sensitivities are possible because the converted charged lepton is dominantly emitted in the backward direction, enabling an efficient separation of the signal from the background.

scholarly journals OBSERVABLE LEPTON FLAVOR SYMMETRY AT LHC

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (06) ◽  
pp. 377-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
ERNEST MA
Keyword(s):  
Finite Group ◽  
Large Hadron Collider ◽  
Gauge Boson ◽  
Charged Lepton ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
Flavor Symmetry ◽  
Final States ◽  
Lepton Flavor ◽  
Yukawa Sector

A model of lepton flavor symmetry is discussed, using the non-Abelian finite group T7 and the gauging of B-L, which has a residual Z3 symmetry in the charged-lepton Yukawa sector, allowing it to be observable at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) from the decay of the new Z' gauge boson of this model to a pair of scalar bosons which have the unusual highly distinguishable final states τ- τ- μ+ e+.

scholarly journals Searching for muon to electron conversion: The Mu2e experiment at Fermilab

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Bonventre
Keyword(s):  
Charged Lepton ◽  
Conversion Rate ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Previous Measurement ◽  
Negative Muon ◽  
Lepton Flavor ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Electron Conversion ◽  
Design And Construction

The Mu2e experiment will measure the charged-lepton flavor violating (CLFV) neutrino-less conversion of a negative muon into an electron in the field of a nucleus. Mu2e will improve the previous measurement by four orders of magnitude, reaching a 90% C.L. limit of 8\times10^{-17}8×10−17 on the conversion rate. The experiment will reach mass scales of nearly 10^4104 TeV, far beyond the direct reach of colliders. The experiment is sensitive to a wide range of new physics, complementing and extending other CLFV searches. Mu2e is under design and construction at the Muon Campus of Fermilab; we expect to start taking physics data in 2022 with 3 years of running to achieve our target sensitivity.

scholarly journals Muon and electron g − 2 and the origin of the fermion mass hierarchy

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Naoyuki Haba ◽  
Yasuhiro Shimizu ◽  
Toshifumi Yamada
Keyword(s):  
Charged Lepton ◽  
Higgs Sector ◽  
Vacuum Expectation ◽  
Fermion Mass ◽  
Mass Hierarchy ◽  
Lepton Flavor Violation ◽  
Scalar Particles ◽  
Lepton Flavor ◽  
Flavor Violation ◽  
Charged Leptons

Abstract We present a model that gives a natural explanation to the charged lepton mass hierarchy and study the contributions to the electron and the muon $g-2$. In the model, we introduce lepton-flavor-dependent $U(1)_F$ symmetry and three additional Higgs doublets with $U(1)_F$ charges, to realize that each generation of charged leptons couples to one of the three additional Higgs doublets. The $U(1)_F$ symmetry is softly broken by $+1$ charges, and the smallness of the soft breaking naturally gives rise to the hierarchy of the Higgs vacuum expectation values, which then accounts for the charged lepton mass hierarchy. Since electron and muon couple to different scalar particles, each scalar contributes to the electron and the muon $g-2$ differently. We survey the space of parameters of the Higgs sector and find that there are sets of parameters that explain the muon $g-2$ discrepancy. On the other hand, we cannot find parameter sets that can explain the $g-2$ discrepancy within 2 $\sigma$. Here, the $U(1)_F$ symmetry suppresses charged lepton flavor violation.

Search for muon to electron conversion at J-PARC: COMET experiment

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 1460302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Yuan ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Phase I ◽  
Charged Lepton ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Electron Transition ◽  
Muonic Atom ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Lepton Flavor ◽  
Electron Conversion ◽  
Very High

The COherent Muon to Electron Transition (COMET) experiment aims to search for the charged-lepton-flavor-violating process through measure muon to electron conversion in a muonic atom to very high sensitivity of 2.6 × 10-17. A two-stage approach in order to realize the experiment has been taken and the first-stage (COMET Phase-I) has been approved by KEK.

scholarly journals A search for charged lepton flavor violation in the Mu2e experiment

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (19) ◽  
pp. 2030007
Author(s):  
Manolis Kargiantoulakis
Keyword(s):  
Charged Lepton ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Muon Beam ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Beyond The Standard Model ◽  
Lepton Flavor Violation ◽  
Lepton Flavor ◽  
Flavor Violation ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Discovery Potential

The Mu2e experiment will search for the neutrino-less conversion of a muon into an electron in the field of an aluminum nucleus. An observation would be the first signal of charged lepton flavor violation and de facto evidence for new physics beyond the Standard Model. The clean signature of the conversion process offers an opportunity for a powerful search: Mu2e will probe four orders of magnitude beyond current limits, with real discovery potential over a wide range of well-motivated new physics models. This goal requires an integrated system of solenoids that will create the most intense muon beam in the world, and suppression of all possible background sources. The Mu2e components are currently being constructed, with the experiment planned to begin operations in the Fermilab Muon Campus within the next few years.

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