Rare muon decays, natural lepton models, and doubly charged leptons

Frank Wilczek; A. Zee

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.38.531

Rare muon decays, natural lepton models, and doubly charged leptons

Frank Wilczek, A. Zee

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Simple, natural model of leptons are presented in which the rare decays μ→eγ and μ→3e occur. The models require doubly charged leptons. The experimental lower limit on the mass of doubly charged leptons determines an upper limit on Γ(μ→3e)Γ(μ→eγ). Parity nonconservation in atoms may be small.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	531-533
Number of pages	3
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	38
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.38.531
State	Published - 1977
Externally published	Yes

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