scholarly journals Sterile neutrinos with non-standard interactions in β- and 0νββ-decay experiments

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Dekens ◽  
J. de Vries ◽  
T. Tong
Keyword(s):  
Effective Field Theory ◽  
Sterile Neutrino ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Neutrino Masses ◽  
Beyond The Standard Model ◽  
Sterile Neutrinos ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
O 10 ◽  
Theory Framework

Abstract Charged currents are probed in low-energy precision β-decay experiments and at high-energy colliders, both of which aim to measure or constrain signals of beyond-the-Standard-Model physics. In light of future β-decay and LHC measurements that will further explore these non-standard interactions, we investigate what neutrinoless double-β decay (0νββ) experiments can tell us if a nonzero signal were to be found. Using a recently developed effective-field-theory framework, we consider the effects that interactions with right-handed neutrinos have on 0νββ and discuss the range of neutrino masses that current and future 0νββ measurements can probe, assuming neutrinos are Majorana particles. For non-standard interactions at the level suggested by recently observed hints in β decays, we show that next-generation 0νββ experiments can determine the Dirac or Majorana nature of neutrinos, for sterile neutrino masses larger than $$ \mathcal{O}(10) $$ O 10 eV.

scholarly journals Probing the nonunitarity of the leptonic mixing matrix at the CEPC

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (33) ◽  
pp. 1644006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Antusch ◽  
Oliver Fischer
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Effective Field Theory ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Neutrino Masses ◽  
Performance Parameters ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Mixing Matrix ◽  
Theory Framework

The nonunitarity of the leptonic mixing matrix is a generic signal of new physics aiming at the generation of the observed neutrino masses. We discuss the Minimal Unitarity Violation (MUV) scheme, an effective field theory framework which represents the class of extensions of the Standard Model (SM) by heavy neutral leptons, and discuss the present bounds on the nonunitarity parameters as well as estimates for the sensitivity of the CEPC, based on the performance parameters from the preCDR.

scholarly journals Charged lepton flavour violating processes

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Signer
Keyword(s):  
Effective Field Theory ◽  
Charged Lepton ◽  
Experimental Situation ◽  
Specific Model ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Charged Scalar ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Doubly Charged ◽  
Theory Framework ◽  
Lepton Flavour

Charged lepton flavour violating processes are naturally present in many extensions of the Standard Model. After a brief overview on the experimental situation, an effective-field-theory framework is described that allows to interpret and compare the various experiments in a consistent way. The usefulness of this approach is then illustrated in the context of a specific model with a doubly charged scalar.

scholarly journals Mapping Effective Field Theory to Multifractal Geometry

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ervin Goldfain
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Nonlinear Dynamics ◽  
Partition Function ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Effective Field Theory ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Beyond The Standard Model ◽  
Euclidean Metric ◽  
Classical Chaos ◽  
The Standard Model

Fractals and multifractals are well-known trademarks of nonlinear dynamics and classical chaos. The goal of this work is to tentatively uncover the unforeseen path from multifractals and selfsimilarity to the framework of effective field theory (EFT). An intriguing finding is that the partition function of multifractal geometry includes the signature of non-Euclidean metric. Our results also suggest that multifractal geometry may offer insights into the non-renormalizable interactions presumed to develop beyond the Standard Model scale.

scholarly journals Sterile neutrinos, black hole vacuum and holographic principle

2021 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriela Barenboim ◽  
Christopher T. Hill
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Effective Field Theory ◽  
Composite System ◽  
Sterile Neutrino ◽  
Planck Scale ◽  
Matter Field ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Sterile Neutrinos ◽  
Mini Black Holes ◽  
Dynamical Field

AbstractWe construct an effective field theory (EFT) model that describes matter field interactions with Schwarzschild mini-black-holes (SBH’s), treated as a scalar field, $$B_0(x)$$ B 0 ( x ) . Fermion interactions with SBH’s require a complex spurion field, $$\theta _{ij}$$ θ ij , which we interpret as the EFT description of “holographic information,” which is correlated with the SBH as a composite system. We consider Hawking’s virtual black hole vacuum (VBH) as a Higgs phase, $$\langle B_0 \rangle =V$$ ⟨ B 0 ⟩ = V . Integrating sterile neutrino loops, the information field $$\theta _{ij}$$ θ ij is promoted to a dynamical field, necessarily developing a tachyonic instability and acquiring a VEV of order the Planck scale. For N sterile neutrinos this breaks the vacuum to $$SU(N)\times U(1)/SO(N)$$ S U ( N ) × U ( 1 ) / S O ( N ) with N degenerate Majorana masses, and $$\frac{1}{2}N(N+1)$$ 1 2 N ( N + 1 ) Nambu-Goldstone neutrino-Majorons. The model suggests many scalars fields, corresponding to all fermion bilinears, may exist bound nonperturbatively by gravity.

scholarly journals Exclusion Limits on a Scalar Decaying to Photons and Distinguishing Its Production Mechanisms

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanumoy Mandal
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sections ◽  
Effective Field Theory ◽  
Gluon Fusion ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Beyond The Standard Model ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Resonance Search ◽  
Model Independent ◽  
Production Mechanisms

LHC run-II has a great potential to search for new resonances in the diphoton channel. Latest 13 TeV data already put stringent limits on the cross sections in the diphoton channel assuming the resonance is produced through the gluon-gluon fusion. Many beyond the Standard Model (SM) theories predict TeV-scale scalars, which copiously decay to diphotons. Apart from the gluon-gluon fusion production, these scalars can also be dominantly produced in other ways too at the LHC, namely, through the quark-quark fusion or the gauge boson fusions like the photon-photon, photon-Z, WW, or ZZ fusions. In this paper we use an effective field theory approach where a heavy scalar can be produced in various ways and recast the latest ATLAS diphoton resonance search to put model-independent limits on its mass and effective couplings to the SM particles. If a new scalar is discovered at the LHC, it would be very important to identify its production mechanism in order to probe the nature of the underlying theory. We show that combining various kinematic variables in a multivariate analysis can be very powerful to distinguish different production mechanisms from one another.

scholarly journals General non-leptonic ∆F = 1 WET at the NLO in QCD

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Aebischer ◽  
Christoph Bobeth ◽  
Andrzej J. Buras ◽  
Jacky Kumar ◽  
Mikołaj Misiak
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Effective Field Theory ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Effective Theory ◽  
Leading Order ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Complete Set ◽  
The One

Abstract We reconsider the complete set of four-quark operators in the Weak Effective Theory (WET) for non-leptonic ∆F = 1 decays that govern s → d and b → d, s transitions in the Standard Model (SM) and beyond, at the Next-to-Leading Order (NLO) in QCD. We discuss cases with different numbers Nf of active flavours, intermediate threshold corrections, as well as the issue of transformations between operator bases beyond leading order to facilitate the matching to high-energy completions or the Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT) at the electroweak scale. As a first step towards a SMEFT NLO analysis of K → ππ and non-leptonic B-meson decays, we calculate the relevant WET Wilson coefficients including two-loop contributions to their renormalization group running, and express them in terms of the Wilson coefficients in a particular operator basis for which the one-loop matching to SMEFT is already known.

scholarly journals Search for GeV-Scale Sterile Neutrinos Responsible for Active Neutrino Oscillations and Baryon Asymmetry of the Universe

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. N. Gninenko ◽  
D. S. Gorbunov ◽  
M. E. Shaposhnikov
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Neutrino Oscillations ◽  
Sterile Neutrino ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Baryon Asymmetry ◽  
Decay Length ◽  
Neutrino Masses ◽  
Sterile Neutrinos ◽  
Active Neutrino ◽  
The Universe

Standard Model fails to explain neutrino oscillations, dark matter, and baryon asymmetry of the Universe. All these problems can be solved with three sterile neutrinos added to SM. Quite remarkably, if sterile neutrino masses are well below the electroweak scale, this modification—Neutrino Minimal Standard Model (νMSM)—can be tested experimentally. We discuss a new experiment on search for decays of GeV-scale sterile neutrinos, which are responsible for the matter-antimatter asymmetry generation and for the active neutrino masses. If lighter than 2 GeV, these particles can be produced in decays of charm mesons generated by high energy protons in a target, and subsequently decay into SM particles. To fully explore this sector ofνMSM, the new experiment requires data obtained with at least1020incident protons on target (achievable at CERN SPS in future) and a big volume detector constructed from a large amount of identical single modules, with a total sterile neutrino decay length of few kilometers. The preliminary feasibility study for the proposed experiment shows that it has sensitivity which may either lead to the discovery of new particles below the Fermi scale—right-handed partners of neutrinos—or rule out seesaw sterile neutrinos with masses below 2 GeV.

Testing sterile neutrino extensions of the Standard Model at the Circular Electron Positron Collider

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (23) ◽  
pp. 1544004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Antusch ◽  
Oliver Fischer
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Sterile Neutrino ◽  
Expected Improvement ◽  
Neutrino Masses ◽  
Electroweak Scale ◽  
Sterile Neutrinos ◽  
Precision Data ◽  
Electron Positron ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
The Masses

Extending the Standard Model with sterile (“right-handed”) neutrinos is one of the best motivated ways to account for the observed neutrino masses. We discuss the expected sensitivity of the Circular Electron Positron Collider (CEPC) for testing such extensions. An interesting scenario is given by symmetry protected seesaw models, which theoretically allow for sterile neutrino masses around the electroweak scale with up to order one mixings with the active (SM) neutrinos. When the masses of the sterile neutrinos are well above the electroweak scale, they affect precision data via effective non-unitarity of the leptonic mixing matrix in a model independent way. The expected improvement of the electroweak precision observables from the CEPC may allow to test mixings between active and sterile neutrinos down to [Formula: see text] (using currently discussed CEPC performance parameters). For sterile neutrinos with masses around the electroweak scale, direct searches are possible. Such tests are given by the search for sterile neutrino decays at the [Formula: see text] pole, by deviations from the SM cross section for four leptons at and beyond the [Formula: see text] threshold, and by Higgs boson production and decays. The expected sensitivities at the CEPC could reach down to mixings as small as [Formula: see text].

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