We report a search for the lepton-flavor-violating decays τ± → ℓ±α (ℓ = e, μ), where α is an undetected spin-0 particle, such as an axion-like particle using 736 × 106 tau lepton pairs collected by the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e− collider. We find no evidence of signal and obtain the most stringent upper limits on the branching fractions at 95% confidence level: (τ± → e±α) < (0.4–6.4) × 10−4 and (τ± → μ±α) < (0.2–3.5) × 10−4 at 95% confidence level for an α mass in the range 0.0 ≤ mα ≤ 1.6 GeV/c2.

Search for lepton-flavor-violating tau decays to ℓα at Belle / Uno, K., Hayasaka, K., Inami, K., Aihara, H., Ayad, R., Banerjee, S., Belous, K., Bennett, J., Bessner, M., Biswas, D., Bodrov, D., Bracko, M., Branchini, P., Browder, T.E., Budano, A., Campajola, M., Cho, K., Choi, S.-K., Choi, Y., Choudhury, S., et al.. - In: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. - ISSN 1029-8479. - 2025:8(2025). [10.1007/JHEP08(2025)155]

Search for lepton-flavor-violating tau decays to ℓα at Belle

Campajola M.;De Nardo G.;Di Capua F.;Merola M.;Pardi S.;
2025

Abstract

We report a search for the lepton-flavor-violating decays τ± → ℓ±α (ℓ = e, μ), where α is an undetected spin-0 particle, such as an axion-like particle using 736 × 106 tau lepton pairs collected by the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e− collider. We find no evidence of signal and obtain the most stringent upper limits on the branching fractions at 95% confidence level: (τ± → e±α) < (0.4–6.4) × 10−4 and (τ± → μ±α) < (0.2–3.5) × 10−4 at 95% confidence level for an α mass in the range 0.0 ≤ mα ≤ 1.6 GeV/c2.
2025
Search for lepton-flavor-violating tau decays to ℓα at Belle / Uno, K., Hayasaka, K., Inami, K., Aihara, H., Ayad, R., Banerjee, S., Belous, K., Bennett, J., Bessner, M., Biswas, D., Bodrov, D., Bracko, M., Branchini, P., Browder, T.E., Budano, A., Campajola, M., Cho, K., Choi, S.-K., Choi, Y., Choudhury, S., et al.. - In: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. - ISSN 1029-8479. - 2025:8(2025). [10.1007/JHEP08(2025)155]
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