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Muon and electron number nonconservation in a V-A gauge model

  • Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
  • University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
  • The University of Chicago
  • High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba

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Abstract

We analyze muon and electron lepton-number nonconservation in a pure V-A gauge model. The rates for μ→eγ, μ→eeē, and KL→μē are computed for this model. We find that for a reasonable range of neutral heavy-lepton mass these rates are in accord with, but not extremely small compared to, present experimental bounds. We comment on the nonorthogonality of νe and νμ, and interesting features of the L- decays.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)937-939
Number of pages3
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume38
Issue number17
DOIs
StatePublished - 1977

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