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Model independent constraints on four-lepton operators

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2016-03-23 v2

Abstract

We obtain constraints on four-lepton interactions in the effective field theory with dimension-6 operators. To this end, we combine the experimental input from Z boson measurements in LEP-1, W boson mass and decays, muon and tau decays, lepton pair production in LEP-2, neutrino scattering on electrons, and parity violating electron scattering. The analysis does not rely on any assumptions about the flavor structure of the dimension-6 operators. Our main results are the confidence intervals for Wilson coefficients of 16 lepton-flavor conserving four-lepton operators, together with the full correlation matrix. Consequences for leptophilic models beyond the Standard Model are discussed.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1511.07434,
  title  = {Model independent constraints on four-lepton operators},
  author = {Adam Falkowski and Kin Mimouni},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.07434},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

26 pages; v2: refs added, discussion of Michel parameters extended

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