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Challenging Beyond-the-Standard-Model Solutions to the Fine-Structure Anomaly in Heavy Muonic Atoms
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- The leading-order contribution of a new boson to the muonic fine-structure anomaly, which refers to a discrepancy between the predicted transition energies and spectroscopic measurements of $\mu-^{90}$Zr, $\mu-^{120}$Sn, and $\mu-^{208}$Pb, is investigated. We consider bosons of scalar, vector, pseudoscalar, and pseudovector type. Spin-dependent couplings sourced by pseudoscalars or pseudovectors are disfavoured as solutions to the anomaly due to the nuclei in question having vanishing angular momentum. Spin-independent interactions resulting from scalar or vector exchange are also disfavoured because no parameter space exists to simultaneously fit different atomic states of the same nucleus. Therefore, we conclude that a `Beyond-the-Standard-Model' resolution of the muonic fine-structure anomaly is generally disfavoured, and the first-order solution by a single new boson is excluded.<br />Comment: 7 pages including 3 figures and 1 table. 3 pages appendix
- Subjects :
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Physics - Atomic Physics
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- Database :
- arXiv
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.2306.10889
- Document Type :
- Working Paper