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SLAC Publication: SLAC-PUB-16768
SLAC Release Date: July 15, 2016
Revision of the LHCb Limit on Majorana Neutrinos
Shuve, Brian.
We revisit the recent limits from LHCb on a Majorana neutrino N in the mass range 250 - 5000 MeV. These limits are among the best currently available, and they will be improved soon by the addition of data from Run 2 of the LHC. LHCb presented a model-independent constraint on the rate of like-sign leptonic decays, and then derived a constraint on the mixing angle V_mu4 based on a theoretical model for the B decay width to N and the N lifetime. The model used is unfortunately unsound. We revise ... Show Full Abstract
We revisit the recent limits from LHCb on a Majorana neutrino N in the mass range 250 - 5000 MeV. These limits are among the best currently available, and they will be improved soon by the addition of data from Run 2 of the LHC. LHCb presented a model-independent constraint on the rate of like-sign leptonic decays, and then derived a constraint on the mixing angle V_mu4 based on a theoretical model for the B decay width to N and the N lifetime. The model used is unfortunately unsound. We revise the conclusions of the paper based on a decay model similar to the one used for the tau lepton and provide formulae useful for future analyses. Show Partial Abstract
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