Experimental constraints on left-right symmetric models from muon decay

Phys Rev Lett. 2011 Jan 28;106(4):041804. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.041804. Epub 2011 Jan 25.

Abstract

The TWIST Collaboration has completed a new measurement of the energy-angle spectrum of positrons from the decay of highly polarized muons. A simultaneous measurement of the muon decay parameters ρ, δ, and P(μ)(π)ξ tests the standard model in a purely leptonic process and provides improved limits for relevant extensions to the standard model. Specifically, for the generalized left-right symmetric model |(g(R)/g(L))ζ|<0.020 and (g(L)/g(R))m(2)>578 GeV/c(2), both 90% C.L.