TY - JOUR
T1 - Parity violation in muonic atoms and cesium
AU - Langacker, Paul
N1 - Funding Information:
Missimer and PSI for their hospitality and travel support. This work was supported by the Department of Energy Contract DE-ACO2-76-ERO-3071.
PY - 1991/3/7
Y1 - 1991/3/7
N2 - The physics implications of measurements of parity violation in muonic atoms at a precision of 1-10% are described, and contrasted with the results of measurements of parity violation in cesium at 1%. It is argued that both types of experiment are extremely sensitive to certain types of new physics, such as extra Z bosons with small mixing, leptoquarks, and eq contact terms associated with compositeness, and that they are complementary with the Z-pole observables at LEP and SLC.
AB - The physics implications of measurements of parity violation in muonic atoms at a precision of 1-10% are described, and contrasted with the results of measurements of parity violation in cesium at 1%. It is argued that both types of experiment are extremely sensitive to certain types of new physics, such as extra Z bosons with small mixing, leptoquarks, and eq contact terms associated with compositeness, and that they are complementary with the Z-pole observables at LEP and SLC.
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U2 - 10.1016/0370-2693(91)90688-M
DO - 10.1016/0370-2693(91)90688-M
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000052098
SN - 0370-2693
VL - 256
SP - 277
EP - 283
JO - Physics Letters B
JF - Physics Letters B
IS - 2
ER -