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Lepton-flavor mixing and K --> pi nu nu bar decays

Journal Article · · Physics Letters B
OSTI ID:964294
The impact of possible sources of lepton-flavor mixing on K {yields} {pi}{nu}{bar {nu}} decays is analyzed. At the one-loop level lepton-flavor mixing originated from non-diagonal lepton mass matrices cannot generate a CP-conserving K{sub L} {yields} {pi}{sup 0}{nu}{bar {nu}} amplitude. The rates of these modes are sensitive to leptonic flavor violation when there are at least two different leptonic mixing matrices. New interactions that violate both quark and lepton universalities could enhance the CP-conserving component of {Lambda}(K{sub L} {yields} {pi}{sup 0}{nu}{bar {nu}}) and have a substantial impact. Explicit examples of these effects in the context of supersymmetric models, with and without R-parity conservation, are discussed.
Research Organization:
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
Physics Division
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
964294
Report Number(s):
LBNL-54523
Journal Information:
Physics Letters B, Journal Name: Physics Letters B; ISSN 0370-2693
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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