Toward testing the magnetic moment of the tau at one part per million
Andreas Crivellin (Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland); Martin Hoferichter (Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, 3012 Bern, Switzerland); J. Michael Roney (University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada, Institute of Particle Physics, Canada)
If physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM) explains the difference between the Standard Model and measured muon anomalous magnetic moment , minimal flavor violation predicts a shift in the analog quantity for the lepton at the level, and even larger effects are possible in generic BSM scenarios such as leptoquarks. We show that this produces equivalent BSM deviations in the Pauli form factor at and report the first complete two-loop prediction of for resonant -pair production in , , 2, 3. can be measured from -helicity-dependent transverse and longitudinal asymmetries in -pair events, which requires a longitudinally polarized beam. We discuss how Belle II asymmetry measurements could probe at , assuming such a polarization upgrade of the SuperKEKB collider, and conclude by outlining the next steps to be taken in theory and experiment along this new avenue for exploring realistic BSM effects in .