Rare Muon Decays, Natural Lepton Models, and Doubly Charged Leptons

Wilczek, Frank; Zee, A.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.38.531

Rare Muon Decays, Natural Lepton Models, and Doubly Charged Leptons

Frank Wilczek
(
- Princeton U.
)
,
A. Zee
(
- Princeton U.
)

Jan, 1977

12 pages

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Phys.Rev.Lett. 38 (1977) 531

DOI:

10.1103/PhysRevLett.38.531

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PRINT-77-0066 (PRINCETON)

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Simple, natural model of leptons are presented in which the rare decays μ→eγ and μ→3e occur. The models require doubly charged leptons. The experimental lower limit on the mass of doubly charged leptons determines an upper limit on Γ(μ→3e)Γ(μ→eγ). Parity nonconservation in atoms may be small.

MUON: RADIATIVE DECAY
ELECTRON: FINAL STATE
FINAL STATE: ELECTRON
PHOTON: FINAL STATE
FINAL STATE: PHOTON
MUON: ELECTROMAGNETIC DECAY
MODEL: LEPTON
LEPTON: MULTIPLY CHARGED
SYMMETRY: SU(2) X U(1)
Glashow-Iliopoulos-Maiani model

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