Prospects for a flavour violating Z′ explanation of Δaμ,e

The apparent tensions emerging from the comparison of experimental data of the anomalous magnetic moments of the muon and electron to the Standard Model predictions ( Δ a μ , e ) could be interpreted as a potential signal of New Physics. Models encompassing a light vector boson have been known to of...

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Published in:The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields Vol. 82; no. 9
Main Authors: Kriewald, J., Orloff, J., Pinsard, E., Teixeira, A. M.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 28.09.2022
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Astronomy
Astrophysics and Cosmology
Collaboration
Couplings
Elementary Particles
Flavor (particle physics)
Hadrons
Heavy Ions
Hypotheses
Leptons
Magnetic moments
Measurement Science and Instrumentation
Muons
Nuclear Energy
Nuclear Physics
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Quantum Field Theories
Quantum Field Theory
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Standard model (particle physics)
String Theory
ISSN:1434-6044, 1434-6052
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Summary:The apparent tensions emerging from the comparison of experimental data of the anomalous magnetic moments of the muon and electron to the Standard Model predictions ( Δ a μ , e ) could be interpreted as a potential signal of New Physics. Models encompassing a light vector boson have been known to offer a satisfactory explanation to Δ a μ , albeit subject to stringent experimental constraints. Here we explore a minimal extension of the Standard Model via a leptophilic vector boson Z ′ , under the hypothesis of strictly flavour-violating couplings of the latter to leptons. The most constraining observables to this ad-hoc construction emerge from lepton flavour universality violation (in Z and τ decays) and from rare charged lepton flavour violating transitions. Once these are accommodated, one can saturate the tensions in Δ a μ , but Δ a e is predicted to be Standard Model-like. We infer prospects for several observables, including leptonic Z decays and several charged lepton flavour violating processes. We also discuss potential signatures of the considered Z ′ at a future muon collider, emphasising the role of the μ + μ - → τ + τ - forward-backward asymmetry as a key probe of the model.
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ISSN:1434-6044
1434-6052
DOI:10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10776-1