# Experimental searches for muon decays beyond the Standard Model

## TL;DR

This paper reviews current and future experimental efforts to detect muon decays that violate the Standard Model, focusing on lepton flavor violation and exotic scenarios to explore new physics possibilities.

## Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of the status, experimental techniques, and future prospects for searching beyond Standard Model muon decays, including conventional and exotic scenarios.

## Key findings

- Current experiments set stringent limits on muon lepton flavor violation
- Future facilities aim to improve sensitivity to rare muon decay processes
- Exotic decay scenarios could reveal new physics beyond the Standard Model

## Abstract

The study of muon properties and decays played a crucial role in the early years of particle physics and contributed over decades to build and consolidate the Standard Model. At present, searches for muon decays beyond the Standard Model are performed by exploiting intense beams of muons, and plans exist to upgrade the present facilities or build new ones, which would open new prospects for the quest of new physics in this sector. In this paper I review the present status of the search for muon decays beyond the Standard Model, with a special attention to the most conventional muon lepton flavor violation experiments, but also considering more exotic scenarios and future outlooks.