Lepton flavour violation from an anomaly-free leptophilic axion-like particle

• Published in: arXiv.org
• Main Authors: Han, C, López-Ibáñez, M L, Melis, A, Vives, O, Yang, J M
• Format: Paper Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 17.08.2020
• Subjects: Charged particles; Couplings; Flavor (particle physics); Leptons; Physics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics; Physics - High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
• ISSN: 2331-8422
• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2007.08834

Motivated by the recent Xenon1T result, we study a leptophilic flavour-dependent anomaly-free axion-like particle (ALP) and its effects on charged-lepton flavour violation (CLFV). We present two representative models. The first one considers that the ALP origins from the flavon that generates the charged-lepton masses. The second model assumes a larger flavour symmetry such that more general mixings in the charged-lepton are possible, while maintaining flavour-dependent ALP couplings. We find that a keV ALP explaining the Xenon1T result is still viable for lepton flavour violation and stellar cooling astrophysical limits. On the other hand, if the Xenon1T result is confirmed, future CLFV measurements can be complementary to probe such a possibility.