Muon production in low-energy electron-nucleon and electron-nucleus scattering

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2007-07-20

arxiv.org/abs/0707.3145v2

Phys.Rev.D76:115001,2007

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

24 pages. Additional figure showing energy-dependence of total cross section, minor changes to text. Conclusions unaltered. Th

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.76.115001

Recently, muon production in electron-proton scattering has been suggested as a possible candidate reaction for the identification of lepton-flavor violation due to physics beyond the Standard Model. Here we point out that the Standard-Model processes $e^- p \to \mu^- p \bar{\nu}_\mu \nu_e$ and $e^- p \to e^- n \mu^+ \nu_\mu$ can cloud potential beyond-the-Standard-Model signals in electron-proton collisions. We find that Standard-Model $e p \to \mu X$ cross sections exceed those from lepton-flavor-violating operators by several orders of magnitude. We also discuss the possibility of using a nuclear target to enhance the $e p \to \mu X$ signal.

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