Muonium-antimuonium conversion in models with heavy neutrinos

Details Muonium-antimuonium conversion in models with heavy neutrinos Muonium-antimuonium conversion in models with heavy neutrinos

2005-04-15

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0504126v2

Phys.Rev. D71 (2005) 113013

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

16 pages, 4 figures, reference added

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.71.113013

We study muonium-antimuonium conversion and mu+ e- to mu- e+ scattering within two different lepton-flavor-violating models with heavy neutrinos: model I is a typical seesaw that violates lepton number as well as flavor; model II has a neutrino mass texture where lepton number is conserved. We look for the largest possible amplitudes of these processes that are consistent with current bounds. We find that model I has very limited chance of providing an observable signal, except if a finely tuned condition in parameter space occurs. Model II, on the other hand, requires no fine tuning and could cause larger effects. However, the maximum amplitude provided by this model is still two orders of magnitude below the sensitivity of current experiments: one predicts an effective coupling G_MM up to 10^{-4}G_F for heavy neutrino masses near 10 TeV. We have also clarified some discrepancies in previous literature on this subject.

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