MAJORANA-LEPTON-MEDIATED MU-(-) TO E+ CONVERSION IN NUCLEI

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作者
KAMAL, AN
NG, JN
机构
[1] STANFORD UNIV,STANFORD LINEAR ACCELERATOR CTR,STANFORD,CA 94305
[2] UNIV BRITISH COLUMBIA,DEPT PHYS,VANCOUVER V6T 1W5,BC,CANADA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1979年 / 20卷 / 09期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.20.2269
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P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We estimate the branching ratio of the anomalous conversion of μ- to e+ in nuclei via the exchange of a virtual Majorana lepton to ordinary muon capture to be <10-13 for a 0.5-GeV/c2 lepton and <10-14 for a 1.0-GeV/c2 lepton. A sequential Weinberg-Salam gauge model with four lepton doublets and neutrino mixing is used. The change in the anomalous capture rate with respect to the mass of the Majorana lepton is also discussed. © 1979 The American Physical Society.
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页码:2269 / 2277
页数:9
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