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Discovering True Muonium in $K_L\rightarrow (\mu^+\mu^-) \gamma$

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2018-10-03 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

Theoretical and phenomenological predictions of BR(KL(μ+μ)γ)7×1013\mathcal{BR}(K_L\rightarrow (\mu^+\mu^-) \gamma)\sim7\times10^{-13} are presented for different model form factors FKLγγ(Q2)F_{K_L\gamma\gamma^*}(Q^2). These rates are comparable to existing and near-term rare KLK_L decay searches at J-PARC and CERN, indicating a discovery of true muonium is possible. The model uncertainties are sufficiently small that detection of true muonium could discriminate between the form factor models. Further discussion of potential backgrounds is made.

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@article{arxiv.1706.04986,
  title  = {Discovering True Muonium in $K_L\rightarrow (\mu^+\mu^-) \gamma$},
  author = {Yao Ji and Henry Lamm},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.04986},
  year   = {2018}
}

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4 pages, 1 figure