Feasibility of tau g-2 measurements in ultra-peripheral collisions of heavy ions
Nazar Burmasov, Evgeny Kryshen, Paul Buehler, Roman Lavicka
SciPost Phys. Proc. 16, 022 (2025) · published 15 July 2025
- doi: 10.21468/SciPostPhysProc.16.022
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16th International Workshop on Tau Lepton Physics
Abstract
The anomalous magnetic moment of the tau lepton, $a_\tau=(g_\tau - 2)/2$, is a sensitive probe of new physics but is extremely difficult to measure precisely in contrast to electron and muon moments. The best experimental limits were set by the DELPHI collaboration more than 15 years ago in studies of the ditau production in the $ee\to ee\tau\tau$ process. Ultra-peripheral collisions (UPCs) of heavy ions at the LHC may provide a unique opportunity to improve the $a_\tau$ constraints in the studies of ${\rm Pb + Pb}\to {\rm Pb + Pb}+\tau\tau$ process. We review recent proposals to study ditau production via semi-leptonic tau decays in Pb-Pb UPC with the available ATLAS and CMS data and discuss the feasibility to explore this process down to low transverse momenta of decay leptons with the ALICE and LHCb experiments.
Authors / Affiliations: mappings to Contributors and Organizations
See all Organizations.- 1 Nazar Burmasov,
- 1 Evgeny Kryshen,
- 2 Paul Buehler,
- 2 Roman Lavicka
- 1 Федеральное государственное бюджетное учреждение Петербургский институт ядерной физики им.Б.П.Константинова / Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
- 2 Stefan-Meyer-Institut / Stefan Meyer Institute for Subatomic Physics [SMI]
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) (through Organization: Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung / FWF Austrian Science Fund [FWF])
- Российский фонд фундаментальных исследований / Russian Foundation for Basic Research [RFBR]
