The muon g-2 discrepancy: new physics or a relatively light Higgs?
Abstract
After a brief review of the muon g-2 status, we discuss hypothetical errors in the Standard Model prediction that might explain the present discrepancy with the experimental value. None of them seems likely. In particular, a hypothetical increase of the hadroproduction cross section in low-energy e+e- collisions could bridge the muon g-2 discrepancy, but it is shown to be unlikely in view of current experimental error estimates. If, nonetheless, this turns out to be the explanation of the discrepancy, then the 95% CL upper bound on the Higgs boson mass is reduced to about 135GeV which, in conjunction with the experimental 114.4GeV 95% CL lower bound, leaves a narrow window for the mass of this fundamental particle.
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@article{arxiv.1001.4528,
title = {The muon g-2 discrepancy: new physics or a relatively light Higgs?},
author = {M. Passera and W. J. Marciano and A. Sirlin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.4528},
year = {2015}
}
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6 pages, to appear in the Proceedings of the PHIPSI09 Workshop, Oct 13-16, 2009, Beijing, China