Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

K{sup {plus_minus}}{r_arrow}{pi}{sup {minus_plus}}{mu}{sup {plus_minus}}{mu}{sup {plus_minus}} and doubly charged Higgs bosons

Journal Article · · Physical Review, D
 [1]
  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 3P6 (CANADA)

The rate for the lepton-number-violating decay K{sup {plus_minus}}{r_arrow}{pi}{sup {minus_plus}}{mu}{sup {plus_minus}}{mu}{sup {plus_minus}} is calculated in a model which incorporates doubly charged Higgs bosons. We find that for reasonable values of the parameters the decay branching ratio may be as large as 2{times}10{sup {minus}16}. Although this is a discouragingly small number, it is of the same order of magnitude as the rate mediated by massive Majorana neutrinos. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}

OSTI ID:
527129
Journal Information:
Physical Review, D, Journal Name: Physical Review, D Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 56; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English