We consider the possibility that muon-number conservation is not a fundamental symmetry of nature. In simple SU(2) {} U(1) gauge theories with several scalar boson doublets, muon number will still atuomatically be conserved by the intermediate-vector-boson interactions, but not by effects of virtual scalar bosons. The branching ratio for μ→e+γ is estimated to be of order (απ)³. Other μ-e transition processes are also discussed.
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