### Charge and Magnetic Moment of the Neutrino in the Background Field Method and in the Linear R_xi^L GaugeCharge and Magnetic Moment of the Neutrino in the Background Field Method and in the Linear R_xi^L Gauge

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 Author Cabral-Rosetti, L. G. ♦ Bernabeu, J. ♦ Vidal, J. ♦ Zepeda, A. Source arXiv.org Content type Text File Format PDF Date of Submission 1999-07-06 Language English
 Subject Domain (in DDC) Computer science, information & general works ♦ Natural sciences & mathematics ♦ Physics Subject Keyword High Energy Physics - Phenomenology ♦ physics:hep-ph Abstract We present a computation of the charge and the magnetic moment of the neutrino in the recently developed electro-weak Background Field Method and in the linear $R_{\xi}^L$ gauge. First, we deduce a formal Ward-Takahashi identity which implies the immediate cancellation of the neutrino electric charge. This Ward-Takahashi identity is as simple as that for QED. The computation of the (proper and improper) one loop vertex diagrams contributing to the neutrino electric charge is also presented in an arbitrary gauge, checking in this way the Ward-Takahashi identity previously obtained. Finally, the calculation of the magnetic moment of the neutrino, in the minimal extension of the Standard Model with massive Dirac neutrinos, is presented, showing its gauge parameter and gauge structure independence explicitly. Description Reference: Eur.Phys.J.C12:633-642,2000 Educational Use Research Learning Resource Type Article Page Count 19