Constraints on muonium-antimuonium conversion

Journal Article · Mon May 29 04:00:00 EDT 1989 · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.62.2583· OSTI ID:6139989

Chang, D; Keung, W

We discuss a simple model in which muonium-antimuonium conversion can occur at a level around the recent experimental bound but the process ..mu../r arrow//ital e/..gamma.. is strictly forbidden. Measurements of the anomalous muon magnetic moment and high-energy Bhabha scattering /ital e//sup +/e/sup /minus///r arrow/e/sup +/e/sup /minus// together provide an indirect and interesting constraint on the conversion. The model predicts anomalous events /ital ep//r arrow//ital e/bar //..mu mu../ital X/ at high-energy /ital ep/ colliders.

• Research Organization: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208(US); Department of Physics, University of IllinoisChicago, Chicago, Illinois 60680
• OSTI ID: 6139989
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 62:22; ISSN PRLTA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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