$(g-2{)}_{\mu }$ Versus $K\to \pi +E_{miss}$ Induced by the $(B-L{)}_{23}$ Boson

Abstract

To address the long-standing $(g-2{)}_{\mu }$ anomaly via a light boson, in Ref. [1] we proposed to extend the standard model (SM) by the local $(B-L{)}_{23}$, under which only the second and third generations of fermions are charged. It predicts an invisible $Z^{\prime }$ with mass $\mathcal{O}(100)$ MeV, and moreover it has flavor-changing neutral current (FCNC) couplings to the up-type quarks at tree level. Such a $Z^{\prime }$, via $K_L\to {\pi }^0+Z^{\prime }(\to \nu \bar{\nu })$ at loop level, may be a natural candidate to account for the recent KOTO anomaly. In this article, we investigate this possibility, to find that $Z^{\prime }$ can readily do this job if it is no longer responsible for the $(g-2{)}_{\mu }$ anomaly. We further find that both anomalies can be explained with moderate tuning of the CP violation, but may contradict the $B$ meson decays.

Comments: 21 pages, 6 figures, v3: text and Figs. 2, 4 are improved