Published 1987 | Version v1
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Recent searches for lepton flavor violation

Creators

  • 1. TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 2A3

Description

No process which does not conserve lepton number has been observed. However, since this empirical information is incorporated in the standard model in an ad hoc fashion, searches for reactions which exhibit lepton flavor violation (LFV) may lead to new approaches or new constraints to further development. In this paper, limits from searches for muon-electron and muon-positron conversion in the field of a nucleus and for reactions μ → eX where X is a weakly interacting boson are discussed. New limits on μ → eγ(γ) (1) are presented elsewhere in these proceedings. A summary of the status of LFV searches is given in the final section

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Publishing Information

Publisher
SPIE Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.
Imprint Place
Bellingham, WA (USA)
ISBN
9971-50-183-X
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the XXIII international conference on high energy physics
Journal Page Range
p. 623-626.

Conference

Title
23. international conference on high-energy physics.
Dates
16-23 Jul 1986.
Place
Berkeley, CA (USA).