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P. Verma¹, P. Pandey¹, K. Chaturvedi<sup>2,*

1</sup> Department of Physics, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, India
² Department of Physics, Siddharth University, Kapilvastu, Siddharthnagar, India

^*Corresponding author. E-mail address: kaushlendra_c@yahoo.co.in

Abstract: Lepton flavor violation (LFV) is a clear sign of new physics beyond the standard model. A prominent process concerning LFV is μ^- ⟶ e^- conversion in a muonic atom. In the present work, we have investigated the spectroscopic properties of three nuclei namely ²⁴Mg, ³²S, and ⁴⁴Ca which participate in this μ^- ⟶ e^- lepton flavor violating process. We have used USD interaction for sd shell nuclei namely ²⁴Mg and ³²S and Z20 Bonn interaction for pf shell nucleus ⁴⁴Ca, to calculate these properties.

Keywords: lepton flavor violation, muon to electron conversion, spectroscopic properties, muon sources.

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