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Radiative $\mu$ and $\tau$ leptonic decays at NLO

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-09-02 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

We present the differential rates and branching ratios of the radiative decays τlνˉνγ\tau \to l \bar{\nu} \nu \gamma, with l=el=e or μ\mu, and μeνˉνγ\mu \to e \bar{\nu} \nu \gamma in the Standard Model at next-to-leading order. Radiative corrections are computed taking into account the full depencence on the mass mlm_l of the final charged leptons, which is necessary for the correct determination of the branching ratios. Only partial agreement is found with previous calculations performed in the ml0m_l \to 0 limit. Our results agree with the measurements of the branching ratios B(μeνˉνγ)\mathcal{B} (\mu \to e \bar{\nu} \nu \gamma) and B(τμνˉνγ)\mathcal{B} (\tau \to \mu \bar{\nu} \nu \gamma) for a minimum photon energy of 10 MeV in the μ\mu and τ\tau rest frames, respectively. Babar's recent precise measurement of the branching ratio B(τeνˉνγ)\mathcal{B} (\tau \to e \bar{\nu} \nu \gamma), for the same photon energy threshold, differs from our prediction by 3.5 standard deviations.

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@article{arxiv.1506.03416,
  title  = {Radiative $\mu$ and $\tau$ leptonic decays at NLO},
  author = {M. Fael and L. Mercolli and M. Passera},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.03416},
  year   = {2015}
}

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13 pages, 1 figure, results included as ancillary files