Nuclear $\mu -e$ conversion via Lorentz and CPT violation

Abstract

One of the three common experimental channels searching for charged lepton flavor violation (CLFV) via $\mu -e$ conversion involves first capturing the muon on a nuclear target. This channel provides a unique opportunity to constrain four-point quark-lepton operators that may contribute to CLFV, in addition to the electromagnetic operators that can also be accessed in the other channels. We investigate the leading Lorentz- and CPT-violating contributions for nuclear $\mu -e$ conversion experiments within the Standard-Model Extension and obtain the first bounds on the relevant quark-lepton operators using the results of the SINDRUM II experiment; we also consider possibilities for improved constraints from upcoming experiments.

Comments: 5 pages, no figures. Presented at the Tenth Meeting on CPT and Lorentz Symmetry, Bloomington, Indiana, May 15-19, 2025. Based on V.A. Kostelecký, W.P. McNulty, E. Passemar, and N. Sherrill, Phys. Lett. B 868, 139755 (2025) [arXiv:hep-ph/2501.05986]