Published April 21, 1986 | Version v1
Journal article

Flavor-changing Yukawa coupling in the standard model and muon polarization in K/sub L/→μmu-bar

  • 1. Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973

Description

The muon longitudinal polarization P/sub L/ in K/sub L/→μmu-bar decay is investigated in the standard model. The induced s-bardH vertex responsible for P/sub L/ turns out to be unexpectedly ''large.'' The measurement of P/sub L/ above approx.10-3 will, therefore, be a signal of the existence of a rather light Higgs boson (M/sub H/< or approx. =10 GeV). It is also shown that the mechanism of gauge-dependence cancellation between Higgs-boson-exchange and box diagrams works even in the standard model

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Journal Title
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Volume
56
Journal Issue
16
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
1651-1654
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTA