Question of Lorentz violation in muon decay

J. P. Noordmans; C. J. G. Onderwater; H. W. Wilschut; R. G. E. Timmermans

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.93.116001

Question of Lorentz violation in muon decay

J. P. Noordmans^*, C. J. G. Onderwater, H. W. Wilschut, R. G. E. Timmermans

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Possibilities to test the Lorentz invariance of the weak interaction in muon decay are considered. We derive the direction-dependent muon-decay rate with a general Lorentz-violating addition to the W-boson propagator. We discuss measurements of the directional and boost dependence of the Michel parameters and of the muon lifetime as a function of absolute velocity. The total muon-decay rate in the Lorentz-violating standard model extension is addressed. Suggestions are made for dedicated (re) analyses of the pertinent data and for future experiments.

Original language	English
Article number	116001
Journal	Physical Review D
Volume	93
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.116001
Publication status	Published - 6 Jun 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

PARITY-NONCONSERVING INTERACTIONS
ROTATIONAL INVARIANCE
SPECIAL RELATIVITY
WEAK INTERACTION
NEUTRINO TESTS
COSMIC-RAY
PROTON
MODEL
CPT

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