Effects of universal extra dimensions on top-quark electromagnetic interactions

Abstract

Universal extra dimensions, presumably observable at some high-energy scale, would modify low-energy observables, being particularly relevant for physical processes forbidden at tree level by the Standard Model. We address the Kaluza–Klein contributions from the 5-dimensional Standard Model to the anomalous magnetic moment and to branching ratios of electromagnetic decays of the top quark. In accordance with present bounds on the compactification scale, contributions to both quantities are found to be at least 3 orders of magnitude below Standard-Model predictions.