Momentum distribution of the electron pair from the charged lepton flavor violating process $\mu^-e^-\to e^-e^-$ in muonic atoms with a polarized muon

TL;DR

This paper investigates the angular distribution of electrons emitted from a polarized muon in muonic atoms during the charged lepton flavor violating process, revealing sensitivity to the underlying new physics interactions.

Contribution

It provides a detailed analysis of the electron angular distribution and asymmetry parameters, highlighting their potential to probe the chiral structure of CLFV interactions.

Findings

Electron asymmetry parameters are highly sensitive to the chiral nature of CLFV interactions.

The angular distribution can distinguish between contact and photonic CLFV interactions.

The study enhances the understanding of how polarized muons can be used to detect new physics beyond the standard model.

Abstract

The $\mu^-e^-\to e^-e^-$ process in a muonic atom is one of the promising probes to study the charged lepton flavor violation (CLFV). We have investigated the angular distribution of electrons from the polarized muon of the atomic bound state. The parity violating asymmetric distribution of electrons is analyzed by using lepton wave functions under the Coulomb interaction of a finite nuclear charge distribution. It is found that the asymmetry parameters of electrons are very sensitive to the chiral structure of the CLFV interaction and the contact/photonic interaction. Therefore, together with the atomic number dependence of the decay rate studied in our previous work, the angular distribution of electrons from a polarized muon should be a very useful tool to constrain the model beyond the standard model.