Flavor-Violating ALPs, Electron g-2, and the Electron-Ion Collider

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Main Authors: Davoudiasl, Hooman, Marcarelli, Roman, Neil, Ethan T.
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author Davoudiasl, Hooman
Marcarelli, Roman
Neil, Ethan T.
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Marcarelli, Roman
Neil, Ethan T.
contents We revisit the possibility that light axion-like particles (ALPs) with lepton flavor violating couplings could give significant contributions to the electron's anomalous magnetic moment $g_e-2$. Unlike flavor diagonal lepton-ALP couplings, which are exclusively axial, lepton flavor violating couplings can have arbitrary chirality. Focusing on the $e$-$τ$ ALP coupling, we find that the size of the contribution to $g_e-2$ depends strongly on the chirality of the coupling. A significant part of the parameter space for which such a coupling can explain experimental anomalies in $g_e-2$ can be probed at the Electron-Ion Collider, which is uniquely sensitive to the chirality of the coupling using the polarization of the electron beam.
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spellingShingle Flavor-Violating ALPs, Electron g-2, and the Electron-Ion Collider
Davoudiasl, Hooman
Marcarelli, Roman
Neil, Ethan T.
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
We revisit the possibility that light axion-like particles (ALPs) with lepton flavor violating couplings could give significant contributions to the electron's anomalous magnetic moment $g_e-2$. Unlike flavor diagonal lepton-ALP couplings, which are exclusively axial, lepton flavor violating couplings can have arbitrary chirality. Focusing on the $e$-$τ$ ALP coupling, we find that the size of the contribution to $g_e-2$ depends strongly on the chirality of the coupling. A significant part of the parameter space for which such a coupling can explain experimental anomalies in $g_e-2$ can be probed at the Electron-Ion Collider, which is uniquely sensitive to the chirality of the coupling using the polarization of the electron beam.
title Flavor-Violating ALPs, Electron g-2, and the Electron-Ion Collider
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.17821