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Tau spin correlations and the anomalous magnetic moment

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We show that the precise determination of the Tau magnetic properties is possible in the next generation accelerators, specially at B/Flavour factories. We define spin correlation observables suitable to extract the real part of the magnetic form factor that, for the first time, will allow to test the standard model-QED predictions. In particular, the predicted QED-dependence with both the momentum transfer and the lepton mass can be precisely measured. Until now, the most stringent bounds on the $\tau$ magnetic moment $a_\tau$ come from LEP data with strong assumptions on the physics involved on the observed process. In this paper, we find three different combinations of spin correlations of the outgoing Taus that disentangle the magnetic moment form factor of the Tau lepton in the electromagnetic vertex. These combinations of asymmetries also get rid off the contributions coming from Z-mediating amplitudes to the defined correlations. Using unpolarized electron beams and an integrated luminosity of $15 \times 10^{18} b^{-1}$, the sensitivity to the $\tau$ magnetic moment form factor is of the order $10^{-6}$. This sensitivity is two orders of magnitude better than the present existing high- or low-energy bounds on the magnetic moment and would allow its actual measurement with the precision of a few per cent.

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Light new physics and the $\tau$ lepton dipole moments

hep-ph · 2025-11-05 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

This work provides a comprehensive analysis of light new physics contributions to tau lepton dipole moments, detailing interpretations of asymmetry measurements for spin-0 and spin-1 bosons, their decoupling to the EFT limit, and a case study of a tauphilic vector boson at Belle II.

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  • Light new physics and the $\tau$ lepton dipole moments: prospects at Belle II hep-ph · 2025-10-15 · unverdicted · none · ref 117 · internal anchor

    Light new particles generate asymmetries in e+e- to tau+tau- that allow model-dependent constraints on tau dipole moments, including non-zero effects without electron polarization via imaginary parts.

  • Light new physics and the $\tau$ lepton dipole moments hep-ph · 2025-11-05 · unverdicted · none · ref 124 · internal anchor

    This work provides a comprehensive analysis of light new physics contributions to tau lepton dipole moments, detailing interpretations of asymmetry measurements for spin-0 and spin-1 bosons, their decoupling to the EFT limit, and a case study of a tauphilic vector boson at Belle II.

  • Four-fermion operators, $Z$-boson exchange, and $\tau$ lepton dipole moments hep-ph · 2026-04-17 · unverdicted · none · ref 4

    Z-boson exchange contributes ~3e-6 to the relevant asymmetries while four-fermion operators can reach ~1e-5 times Wilson coefficients, with loop insertions offering an additional path to a_tau without beam polarization.

  • Probing $\tau$ lepton dipole moments at future Lepton Colliders hep-ph · 2026-04-15 · unverdicted · none · ref 35

    Future lepton colliders can improve existing constraints on the tau lepton's dipole moments by several orders of magnitude through complementary channels.