Unparticle physics and lepton flavor violating radion decays in the Randall–Sundrum scenario

• Published in: The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields Vol. 56; no. 1; pp. 105 - 112
• Main Author: Iltan, E.O.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01-07-2008; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Astronomy; Astrophysics and Cosmology; Elementary Particles; Flavors; Hadrons; Heavy Ions; Leptons; Measurement Science and Instrumentation; Nuclear Energy; Nuclear Physics; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Quantum Field Theories; Quantum Field Theory; Regular Article - Theoretical Physics; String Theory; Total Decay Width; Lepton Flavor; Lepton Flavor Violation; Energy Scale; Extra Dimension
• ISSN: 1434-6044; 1434-6052
• DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-008-0639-x

We predict the branching ratios of the lepton flavor violating radion decays r→e
±
μ
±
, r→e
±
τ
±
and r→μ
±
τ
±
in the framework of the Randall-Sundrum scenario in which the lepton flavor violation is by scalar unparticle mediation. We observe that their BRs are strongly sensitive to the unparticle scaling dimension and, for small values, the branching ratios can reach values of the order of 10
-8
, for the heavy lepton flavor case.