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We study lepton flavor observables in the Standard Model (SM) extended with all dimension-6 operators which are invariant under the SM gauge group. We calculate the complete one-loop predictions to the radiative lepton decays μ → eγ, τ → μγ and τ → eγ as well as to the closely related anomalous magnetic moments and electric dipole moments of charged leptons, taking into account all dimension-6 operators which can generate lepton flavor violation. Also the 3-body flavor violating charged lepton decays τ ± → μ ± μ + μ −, τ ± → e ± e + e −, τ ± → e ± μ + μ −, τ ± → μ ± e + e −, τ ± → e ∓ μ ± μ ±, τ ± → μ ∓ e ± e ± and μ ± → e ± e + e − and the Z 0 decays Z 0 → \( \ell_i^{+}\ell_j^{-} \) are considered, taking into account all tree-level contributions.
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Crivellin, A., Najjari, S. & Rosiek, J. Lepton flavor violation in the Standard Model with general dimension-six operators. J. High Energ. Phys. 2014, 167 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2014)167
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