Abstract
We present a detailed analysis of the muonic analogue of neutrinoless double beta decay (μ1, μ+) conversion. We study several lepton number violating (LNV) mechanisms potentially triggering this process: ex-change by light and heavy Majorana neutrinos as well as exchange by supersymmetric particles participating in R-parity violating interactions. The nuclear structure is taken into account within the renormalized quasi-particle random phase approximation method. This is the first realistic treatment of nuclear structure aspects of the (μ-, μ+) conversion. We estimate the rate of this process utilizing the existing experimental constraints on the parameters of the underlying LNV interactions and conclude that the (μ-, μ+) conversion will hardly be detectable in the near future experiments.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 033005 |
Journal | Physical Review D |
Volume | 66 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2002 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)