MUONIC ANALOG OF NUCLEAR DOUBLE BETA-DECAY - A NEW WINDOW ON LEPTON NUMBER VIOLATION

被引:25
作者
MISSIMER, JH
MOHAPATRA, RN
MUKHOPADHYAY, NC
机构
[1] UNIV MARYLAND,DEPT PHYS & ASTRON,COLLEGE PK,MD 20742
[2] RENSSELAER POLYTECH INST,DEPT PHYS,TROY,NY 12180
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PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1994年 / 50卷 / 03期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.50.2067
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P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We examine an exotic nuclear muon capture reaction mu- + (Z, A) --> mu+ + (Z - 2, A), as a means of studying possible lepton number violation. We estimate the branching ratio for this in simple extensions of the standard model and find it to be at most of the order of 10(-18).
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页码:2067 / 2070
页数:4
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