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Constraints on $\Delta L=2$ Vector Bosons with Tree Couplings to SM Particles

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2025-04-15 v2

Abstract

We investigate phenomenological implications of vector bosons VV transforming as (1, 2, -3/2) under the standard model (SM) product gauge group SU(3)CSU(3)_C, SU(2)LSU(2)_L and U(1)YU(1)_Y. These vector bosons can couple to two SM leptons at tree-level forming dimension-4 operators. These operators dictate VV to have two units of global lepton number, ΔL=2\Delta L = 2. The operators generated conserve the global lepton number but can violate generational lepton numbers. We study constraints on the couplings YY of VV to SM particles using tree-level processes such as lαlβ+lρlσl_\alpha^{-} \to l_\beta^{+} l_\rho^{-} l_\sigma^{-}, muonium and antimuonium oscillation, neutrino trident scattering, inverse muon decay, ee+ll+e^- e^+ \to l^- l^+, and also one-loop level processes such as the magnetic dipole moment of a charged lepton and liljγl_i \to l_j \gamma. Strong constraints are obtained from lαlβ+lρlσl_\alpha^{-} \to l_\beta^{+} l_\rho^{-} l_\sigma^{-} with YeeYμe<3.29×1011(mV/GeV)2,YeeYeμ<3.29×1011(mV/GeV)2\left|Y_{e e} Y^{*}_{\mu e}\right| < 3.29 \times 10^{-11}\left(m_{V}/ \mathrm{GeV}\right)^{2},\left|Y_{e e} Y^{*}_{e \mu}\right| < 3.29 \times 10^{-11}\left(m_{V}/ \mathrm{GeV}\right)^{2} and from liljγl_i \to l_j \gamma with YτeYμτ<3.46×1012(mV/GeV)2,YeτYτμ<3.46×1012(mV/GeV)2 \left|Y_{\tau e}Y_{\mu\tau}^{*}\right|<3.46\times10^{-12}(m_{V}/ \mathrm{GeV})^2, \left|Y_{e \tau}Y_{\tau \mu}^{*}\right|<3.46\times10^{-12}\left(m_{V}/ \mathrm{GeV}\right)^2, respectively. Interestingly, the imaginary part of the coupling constant in our model induces CP violation, which is constrained by experimental limits on the electric dipole moment.

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@article{arxiv.2503.18591,
  title  = {Constraints on $\Delta L=2$ Vector Bosons with Tree Couplings to SM Particles},
  author = {Zhong-Lv Huang and Xiao-Gang He},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.18591},
  year   = {2025}
}

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12 pages, 2 figures