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Title: Probing charged lepton flavor violation with a positron beam at CEBAF (JLAB)

Abstract

The addition of a high intensity 11 GeV polarized positron beam at the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) at JLAB would allow for a search of Charged Lepton Flavor Violation (CLFV) via the process $$e^+N \rightarrow \mu^+ X$$. The proposed Solenoidal Large Intensity Detector (SoLID) spectrometer, in the configuration with muon chambers, would be ideal for such CLFV searches. Various new physics scenarios, including the phenomenologically convenient Leptoquark (LQ) framework, predict CLFV rates that are within reach of current or planned experiments. A positron beam with instantaneous luminosity, $${\cal L}\sim 10^{38}$$ cm$$^{-2}$$s$$^{-1}$$, could improve on existing HERA limits by two or three orders of magnitude. The availability of positron beam polarization would also allow for distentangling CLFV effects mediated by left-handed vs. right-handed LQs.

Authors:
 [1]; ORCiD logo [2]
  1. Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
  2. Univ. of North Georgia, Dahlonega, GA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
OSTI Identifier:
1834304
Report Number(s):
JLAB-PHY-21-3419; DOE/OR/23177-5237; arXiv:2111.03912
Journal ID: ISSN 1434-6001; DE-AC05-06OR23177.; TRN: US2300160
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-06OR23177
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
European Physical Journal. A
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 57; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 1434-6001
Publisher:
Springer
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS

Citation Formats

Furletova, Y., and Mantry, S. Probing charged lepton flavor violation with a positron beam at CEBAF (JLAB). United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1140/epja/s10050-021-00624-3.
Furletova, Y., & Mantry, S. Probing charged lepton flavor violation with a positron beam at CEBAF (JLAB). United States. https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-021-00624-3
Furletova, Y., and Mantry, S. Mon . "Probing charged lepton flavor violation with a positron beam at CEBAF (JLAB)". United States. https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-021-00624-3. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1834304.
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abstractNote = {The addition of a high intensity 11 GeV polarized positron beam at the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) at JLAB would allow for a search of Charged Lepton Flavor Violation (CLFV) via the process $e^+N \rightarrow \mu^+ X$. The proposed Solenoidal Large Intensity Detector (SoLID) spectrometer, in the configuration with muon chambers, would be ideal for such CLFV searches. Various new physics scenarios, including the phenomenologically convenient Leptoquark (LQ) framework, predict CLFV rates that are within reach of current or planned experiments. A positron beam with instantaneous luminosity, ${\cal L}\sim 10^{38}$ cm$^{-2}$s$^{-1}$, could improve on existing HERA limits by two or three orders of magnitude. The availability of positron beam polarization would also allow for distentangling CLFV effects mediated by left-handed vs. right-handed LQs.},
doi = {10.1140/epja/s10050-021-00624-3},
journal = {European Physical Journal. A},
number = 11,
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place = {United States},
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