Baryon-Number Violation by Two Units and the Deuteron Lifetime

Autor: Robertus Timmermans, J. de Vries, Bingwei Long, U. van Kolck, F. Oosterhof
Přispěvatelé: Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), High-Energy Frontier
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Quark
Particle physics
Nuclear Theory
[PHYS.NUCL]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Theory [nucl-th]
Physics beyond the Standard Model
FOS: Physical sciences
General Physics and Astronomy
01 natural sciences
7. Clean energy
quark: operator
Square (algebra)
Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
LIMITS
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
effective field theory
0103 physical sciences
Effective field theory
TRANSITION OPERATORS
010306 general physics
Nuclear Experiment
n anti-n: oscillation
baryon number: violation
Nuclear Physics
Physics
Oscillation
new physics
High Energy Physics::Phenomenology
deuteron: decay
Order (ring theory)
NEUTRON-ANTINEUTRON OSCILLATIONS
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Deuterium
operator: higher-dimensional
[PHYS.HPHE]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Phenomenology [hep-ph]
High Energy Physics::Experiment
Baryon number
Zdroj: Phys.Rev.Lett.
Phys.Rev.Lett., 2019, 122 (17), pp.172501. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.172501⟩
Physical Review Letters
Physical Review Letters, American Physical Society, 2019, 122 (17), pp.172501. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.172501⟩
Physical Review Letters, 122(17):172501. AMER PHYSICAL SOC
ISSN: 1079-7114
0031-9007
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.172501⟩
Popis: We calculate the lifetime of the deuteron with dimension-nine quark operators that violate baryon number by two units. We construct an effective field theory for $|\Delta B|=2$ interactions that give rise to neutron-antineutron ($n$-$\bar{n}$) oscillations and dinucleon decay within a consistent power counting. We calculate the ratio of the deuteron lifetime to the square of the $n$-$\bar{n}$ oscillation time up to next-to-leading order. Our result, which is analytical and has a quantified uncertainty, is smaller by a factor $\simeq 2.5$ than earlier estimates based on nuclear models, which impacts the indirect bound on he $n$-$\bar{n}$ oscillation time and future experiments. We discuss how combined measurements of $n$-$\bar{n}$ oscillations and deuteron decay can help to identify the sources of baryon-number violation.
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