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Probing τ lepton dipole moments at future Lepton Colliders

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Future lepton colliders can extend current bounds on tau dipole moments by several orders of magnitude

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The paper examines how the Future Circular Collider in electron-positron mode and a multi-TeV muon collider can measure the electric and magnetic dipole moments of the tau lepton. These moments are far less constrained than those of the electron or muon, which already test the Standard Model stringently and search for new physics. The work analyzes several processes: direct tau-pair production, Higgs boson production in association with taus, radiative Higgs decays to taus plus a photon, and vector-boson scattering into tau pairs. A sympathetic reader would care because stronger limits could reveal or exclude new interactions that affect leptons at high scales.

Core claim

The central claim is that the e+e- Future Circular Collider and a multi-TeV muon collider are highly complementary and, through channels such as ℓ+ℓ- → τ+τ-, μ+μ- → τ+τ- H, H → τ+τ- γ, and vector-boson scattering processes, can extend existing experimental bounds on the tau electric and magnetic dipole moments by several orders of magnitude.

What carries the argument

The projected experimental sensitivities obtained by simulating the listed production and decay channels at the planned collider energies and luminosities, treating the tau dipole moments as effective couplings that modify the rates and distributions.

Load-bearing premise

The projections assume the colliders reach their design luminosities and that backgrounds and tau identification efficiencies can be controlled at the levels needed to achieve the calculated sensitivities.

What would settle it

If the actual tau-pair or Higgs-plus-tau event yields at these colliders show backgrounds or efficiencies that prevent reaching the projected sensitivity improvements, the claim that bounds can be extended by several orders of magnitude would not hold.

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The electric and magnetic dipole moments of the electron and of the muon provide stringent tests of the Standard Model and sensitive probes of new physics. By contrast, the corresponding dipole moments of the $\tau$ lepton remain weakly constrained. This study explores the potential of future lepton colliders, focusing on the $e^+e^-$ Future Circular Collider and a multi-TeV muon collider, to probe $\tau$ dipole moments. We consider multiple channels, including $\ell^+\ell^- \to \tau^+\tau^-$ ($\ell=e,\mu$), associated Higgs production $\mu^+\mu^- \to \tau^+\tau^- H$, radiative Higgs decays $H \to \tau^+\tau^-\gamma$, and vector-boson scattering $\ell^+\ell^- \to \ell^+\ell^-\tau^+\tau^-$ and $\mu^+\mu^- \to \bar\nu\nu\tau^+\tau^-$. Our results show that these facilities are highly complementary and can extend existing bounds by several orders of magnitude.

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Summary. The paper investigates the potential of future lepton colliders (FCC-ee and a multi-TeV muon collider) to constrain the electric and magnetic dipole moments of the tau lepton. It considers multiple channels including ℓ⁺ℓ⁻ → τ⁺τ⁻ (ℓ = e, μ), associated Higgs production μ⁺μ⁻ → τ⁺τ⁻H, radiative Higgs decays H → τ⁺τ⁻γ, and vector-boson scattering processes ℓ⁺ℓ⁻ → ℓ⁺ℓ⁻τ⁺τ⁻ and μ⁺μ⁻ → ν̄ντ⁺τ⁻. The central claim is that these facilities are highly complementary and can extend existing bounds by several orders of magnitude.

Significance. If the projections hold, the work is significant for highlighting how future colliders can substantially improve constraints on tau dipole moments, which remain weakly bounded relative to the electron and muon. The multi-channel, multi-collider approach demonstrates complementarity between e⁺e⁻ and μ⁺μ⁻ machines and provides a useful phenomenological roadmap for new-physics searches. The use of standard collider phenomenology for forward-looking estimates is a clear strength.

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  1. The abstract states the main conclusion but supplies no information on the underlying calculations, statistical methods, systematic uncertainties, or background modeling. A brief summary of these elements (e.g., luminosity assumptions, efficiency tables, or background rejection strategies) should be added to the abstract or introduction for completeness.
  2. A summary table comparing the projected 95% CL bounds on d_τ and a_τ across all channels and both colliders would improve readability and allow direct assessment of the complementarity claim.

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We thank the referee for the positive evaluation of our manuscript and for recommending minor revision. We appreciate the acknowledgment of the significance of our multi-channel, multi-collider study in improving constraints on the tau lepton dipole moments.

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The paper's central results consist of forward-looking sensitivity projections for tau dipole moments at future colliders (FCC-ee and multi-TeV muon collider) across listed channels such as dilepton production, associated Higgs production, radiative Higgs decays, and vector-boson scattering. These projections rely on standard collider phenomenology, cross-section calculations, and external design parameters (luminosities, efficiencies, backgrounds) rather than any derivation that reduces by the paper's own equations to quantities fitted from the same data or self-referential definitions. No load-bearing step equates a prediction to an input by construction, imports uniqueness via self-citation, or renames a known result as a new unification. The derivation chain is therefore self-contained against external benchmarks.

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