Constraint on parity-violating muonic forces

Phys Rev Lett. 2012 Feb 24;108(8):081802. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.081802. Epub 2012 Feb 23.

Abstract

Using the nonobservance of missing mass events in the leptonic kaon decay K→μX, we place a strong constraint on exotic parity-violating gauge interactions of the right-handed muon. By way of illustration, we apply it to an explanation of the proton size anomaly that invokes such a new force; scenarios in which the gauge boson decays invisibly or is long lived are constrained.