$μ$-$e$ conversion in nuclei and Z$^\prime$ physics

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dc.creatorBernabeu, J.
dc.creatorNardi, E.
dc.creatorTommasini, D.
dc.date1993-06-09
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dc.descriptionTogether with the existence of new neutral gauge bosons, models based on extended gauge groups (rank $> 4$) often predict also new charged fermions. A mixing of the known fermions with new states with {\it exotic} weak-isospin assignments (left-handed singlets and right-handed doublets) will induce tree level flavour changing neutral interactions mediated by $Z$ exchange, while if the mixing is only with new states with {\it ordinary} weak-isospin assignments, the flavour changing neutral currents are mainly due to the exchange of the lightest new neutral gauge boson $Z^\prime$. We show that the present experimental limits on $μ-e$ conversion in nuclei give a nuclear-model-independent bound on the $Z$-$e$-$μ$ vertex which is twice as strong as that obtained from $μ\to e e e$. In the case of E$_6$ models these limits provide quite stringent constraints on the $Z^\prime$ mass and on the $Z-Z^\prime$ mixing angle. We point out that the proposed experiments to search for $μ-e$ conversion in nuclei have good chances to find evidence of lepton flavour violation, either in the case that new exotic fermions are present at the electroweak scale, or if a new neutral gauge boson $Z^\prime$ of E$_6$ origin lighter than a few TeV exists.
dc.descriptionPlain Tex, 24 pages, + 2 PostScript figure appended after \bye (and available upon request), UM-TH 93--08, FTUV 93-14
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9306251
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9306251
dc.identifierNucl.Phys.B409:69-86,1993
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/0550-3213(93)90446-V
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/198475
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.title$μ$-$e$ conversion in nuclei and Z$^\prime$ physics
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