Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: We investigate the predictions for lepton flavor number violating processes in the context of a simple left-right symmetric theory. In this context neutrinos are Majorana fermions and their masses are generated at the quantum level through the Zee mechanism using the simplest Higgs sector. We show that the right-handed neutrinos are generically light and can give rise to large lepton flavor violating contributions to rare processes. We discuss the correlation between the collider constraints and the predictions for lepton flavor violating processes. We find that using the predictions for $\ensuremath{\mu}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}e\ensuremath{\gamma}$ and $\ensuremath{\mu}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}e$ conversion together with the collider signatures one could test this theory in the near future.
Authors: Pavel Fileviez Pérez, Clara Murgui
Institutions: Case Western Reserve University, Universitat de València
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: G2743183498, G4072235989
OpenAlex ID: W2582031158