Leptophilic U(1) massive vector bosons from large extra dimensions: Reexamination of constraints from LEP data (vol 820, 136585, 2021)

Very recently, we proposed an explanation of the discrepancy between the measured anomalous magnetic moment of the muon and the Standard Model (SM) prediction in which the dominant contribution to (g - 2)(mu) originates in Kaluza-Klein (KK) excitations (of the lepton gauge boson) which do not mix with quarks (to lowest order) and therefore can be quite light avoiding LHC constraints. In this addendum we reexamine the bounds on 4-fermion contact interactions from precise electroweak measurements and show that the constraints on KK masses and couplings are more severe than earlier thought. However, we demonstrate that our explanation remains plausible if a few KK modes are lighter than LEP energy, because if this were the case the contribution to the 4-fermion scattering from the internal propagator would be dominated by the energy and not by the mass. To accommodate the (g - 2)(mu) discrepancy we assume that the lepton number L does not partake in the hypercharge and propagates in one extra dimension (transverse to the SM branes): for a mass of the lowest KK excitation of 60 GeV (lower than the LEP energy), the string scale is roughly 10 TeV while the L gauge coupling is of order ~& nbsp;10(-1). (C)& nbsp;2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.& nbsp;

Automated summary

“We propose an explanation for the discrepancy between the measured anomalous magnetic moment of the muon and the Standard Model prediction, suggesting that Kaluza-Klein excitations play a dominant role. We reexamine the constraints on KK masses and couplings and find that they are more severe than previously thought, but our explanation remains plausible if certain KK modes are lighter than LEP energy.”