Dark leptophilic scalar with the updated muon $g-2$ anomaly

Abstract

The muon $g-2$ anomaly was strengthened by recent experimental results at Fermilab, which may be signatures of new physics. A scenario of leptophilic scalar ${\varphi }_L$ accounting for the muon $g-2$ anomaly is investigated in this paper. Though a light ${\varphi }_L$ mainly decaying into standard model (SM) particles has been excluded by experiments, a dark leptophilic scalar ${\varphi }_L$ predominantly decaying into invisible fermionic dark matter (DM) $\chi \bar{\chi }$ is still allowed. Considering the decay mode ${\varphi }_L\to \chi \bar{\chi }$ opened (here $m_{{\varphi }_L}=3m_{\chi }$), the coupling preferred by the muon $g-2$ and the ${\varphi }_L-\chi$ coupling are derived. The light/heavy ${\varphi }_L$ (roughly 1 GeV as a benchmark value) can be tested by future experiments via DM/SM decay modes, and ${\varphi }_L$'s contribution to the anomalous magnetic moment of tau lepton could be investigated at lepton colliders. The search of $\chi$ via $\chi -$electron scattering in DM direct detection is not sensitive due to a tiny ${\varphi }_L-$electron coupling, especially for $m_{\chi }\gtrsim m_{\mu }$.

5 pages, 4 figures, discussions added, version accepted by EPJC

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