Vector mesons in nuclear μ--e- conversion

Amand Faessler; Th Gutsche; Sergey Kovalenko; V. E. Lyubovitskij; Ivan Schmidt; F. Šimkovic

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2004.03.068

Vector mesons in nuclear μ^--e^- conversion

Amand Faessler, Th Gutsche, Sergey Kovalenko, V. E. Lyubovitskij, Ivan Schmidt, F. Šimkovic

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Abstract

We study nuclear μ^--e^- conversion in the general framework of an effective Lagrangian approach without referring to any specific realization of the physics beyond the Standard Model (SM) responsible for lepton flavor violation (L/_f). We show that vector meson exchange between lepton and nucleon currents plays an important role in this process. A new issue of this mechanism is the presence of the strange quark vector current contribution induced by the φ meson. This allows us to extract new limits on the L/_f lepton-quark effective couplings from the existing experimental data.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	57-62
Number of pages	6
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	590
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2004.03.068
Publication status	Published - 17 Jun 2004
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

μ-e conversion in nuclei
11.30.Er
11.30.Fs
12.60.-i
13.10.+q
23.40.Bw
Hadronization
Lepton flavor violation
Physics beyond the Standard Model
Vector mesons

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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