Muon and Electron Number Nonconservation in a <span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>V</mi><mo>−</mo><mi>A</mi></math></span> Gauge Model

B. W. Lee; S. Pakvasa; R. E. Shrock; H. Sugawara

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.38.937

Muon and Electron Number Nonconservation in a $V - A$ Gauge Model

B. W. Lee, S. Pakvasa, R. E. Shrock, and H. Sugawara

Phys. Rev. Lett. 38, 937 – Published 25 April 1977; Erratum Phys. Rev. Lett. 38, 1230 (1977)

Abstract

We analyze muon and electron lepton-number nonconservation in a pure $V - A$ gauge model. The rates for $μ \to e γ$ , $μ \to ee \bar{e}$ , and $K_{L} \to μ \bar{e}$ are computed for this model. We find that for a reasonable range of neutral heavy-lepton mass these rates are in accord with, but not extremely small compared to, present experimental bounds. We comment on the nonorthogonality of $ν_{e}$ and $ν_{μ}$ , and interesting features of the $L^{-}$ decays.

Received 11 February 1977

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.38.937

Erratum

Muon and Electron Number Nonconservation in a $V - A$ Gauge Model.

B. W. Lee, S. Pakvasa, R. E. Shrock, and H. Sugawara

Phys. Rev. Lett. 38, 1230 (1977)

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B. W. Lee^*

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510

S. Pakvasa^†

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822

R. E. Shrock^*

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510

H. Sugawara^‡

Enrico Fermi Institute and Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637

^*Operated by Universities Research Association Inc. under contract with the U. S. Energy Research and Development Administration.
^†Work supported in part by the U. S. Energy Research and Development Administration.
^‡Permanent address: Theory Group, National Laboratory for High Energy Physics, Oho-Machi Tsukuba-Gun, Ibaraki-Ken, 300-32, Japan.

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Muon and Electron Number Nonconservation in a V−A Gauge Model

B. W. Lee, S. Pakvasa, R. E. Shrock, and H. Sugawara

Phys. Rev. Lett. 38, 937 – Published 25 April 1977; Erratum Phys. Rev. Lett. 38, 1230 (1977)

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Muon and Electron Number Nonconservation in a V−A Gauge Model.

B. W. Lee, S. Pakvasa, R. E. Shrock, and H. Sugawara

Phys. Rev. Lett. 38, 1230 (1977)

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Muon and Electron Number Nonconservation in a $V - A$ Gauge Model

Muon and Electron Number Nonconservation in a $V - A$ Gauge Model.