Lepton Flavor Violating $\tau^- \to \mu^- PP$ Decays in the Two Higgs Doublet Model III

Abstract

In this paper, the lepton flavor violating $\tau^- \to \mu^-PP (PP=K^+K^-,K^0\bar{K}^0,\pi^+\pi^-,\pi^0\pi^0)$ decays are studied in the framework of the two Higgs doublet model(2HDM) III. We calculate these decays branching ratios and get the bounds of model parameter $|\lambda_{\tau\mu}|$ from the experimental upper limits. Our results show that, the neutral Higgs bosons have tree-level contributions to these decays. Among these decays, the $\tau^- \to \mu^- K^+K^-$ decay is most sensitive to $|\lambda_{\tau\mu}|$. In the existing parameters space, these decays could reach the measure capability of B factory. These processes can provide some valuable information to future research and furthermore present the reliable evidence to test the 2HDM III model.