Lepton-flavor-violating ALP signals with TeV-scale muon beams

Batell, Brian; Davoudiasl, Hooman; Marcarelli, Roman; Neil, Ethan T.; Trojanowski, Sebastian

doi:10.1103/physrevd.110.075039

Title: Lepton-flavor-violating ALP signals with TeV-scale muon beams

Journal Article · 28 October 2024 · Physical Review. D.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.110.075039 · OSTI ID:2448249

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Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw (Poland)

We explore the feasibility of using TeV-energy muons to probe lepton-flavor-violating (LFV) processes mediated by an axion-like particle (ALP) a with mass O(10 GeV). We focus on µτ LFV interactions and assume that the ALP is coupled to a dark state χ, which can be either less or more massive than a. Such a setup is demonstrated to be consistent with χ being a candidate for dark matter, in the experimentally relevant regime of parameters. We consider the currently operating NA64-µ experiment and proposed FASERν2 detector as both the target and the detector for the process µA → τA a, where A is the target nucleus. We also show that a possible future active muon fixed-target experiment operating at a 3 TeV muon collider or in its preparatory phase can provide an impressive reach for the LFV process considered, with future FASERν2 data providing a pilot study towards that goal. The implications of the muon anomalous magnetic moment (g - 2)_µ measurements for the underlying model, in case of a positive signal, are also examined, and a sample UV completion is outlined.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 2448249

Report Number(s):: BNL--226193-2024-JAAM

Journal Information:: Physical Review. D., Journal Name: Physical Review. D. Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 110; ISSN 2470-0010

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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