TAU decays in a future B‐factory as a test of the standard model: A proposition for novel experiments

1988 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Fetscher
2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (21) ◽  
pp. 1413-1433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Fleischer

The B-meson system provides many strategies to perform stringent tests of the Standard-Model description of CP-violation. In this brief review, we discuss implications of the currently available B-factory data on the angles α, β and γ of the unitarity triangle, emphasize the importance of Bsstudies at hadronic B experiments, and discuss new, theoretically clean strategies to determine γ.


1993 ◽  
Vol 08 (26) ◽  
pp. 2491-2496 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARK A. SAMUEL

Using a new value for the mass of the tau-lepton we reconsider various tests of the Standard Model (SM) for the tau. The agreement with the SM is much improved. All tests agree within 1.2σ or smaller and the so-called “tau-lifetime problem” has disappeared. We also obtain bounds on the mass of the tau-neutrino. It is shown that an improved bound [Formula: see text] MeV at 95% C.L. can be obtained at the τ-charm factory in Spain or at a proposed B-factory.


2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (14) ◽  
pp. 1530029
Author(s):  
Peter Križan

In experiments at the luminosity frontier, New Physics is being searched for in precision studies of rare processes. The most important example of such an effort is experiments at B factories and super B factories. While B factories have fully established the CKM quark transition matrix as the only source of CP violation in the Standard Model, the next generation of B factories, the so-called super B factories, will look for departures from the Standard Model. To collect a 50 times larger data sample, needed to reach the required sensitivity, a substantial B factory upgrade is being carried out. The SuperKEKB accelerator complex is designed for an increase in luminosity by a factor of 40. The upgraded Belle II spectrometer is being constructed to operate at considerably higher event rates, as well as higher backgrounds, accompanied by an increase in occupancy and radiation damage. Higher event rates also require substantial modifications in the trigger scheme, data acquisition system and computing. The paper discusses the detectors at B factories, the motivation for SuperKEKB/Belle II, the super B factory at KEK, as well as the requirements for the new accelerator and for the new detector. The present status of the project will be presented together with plans for the future. We will also discuss its competition, the LHCb experiment at the LHC.


1996 ◽  
Vol 11 (13) ◽  
pp. 2253-2262 ◽  
Author(s):  
DENNIS SILVERMAN

In the main part of this paper we project forward to having B factory determinations of sin (2β) and sin (2α), for which we take several values. First, we use a joint χ2 analysis of CKM experiments to constrain CKM matrix elements in the standard model, and experiments on the angles a, β and γ, and on xs and null CP asymmetries. Then we invoke mixing to a new isosinglet down quark (as in E6) which induces FCNC’s that allow a Z0 mediated contribution to [Formula: see text] mixing and which brings in new phases. We then repeat the χ2 analysis, now including experimental constraints from FCNC’s as well, finding much larger ranges of prediction for the B factory. We then add projected B factory results on sin (2β) and sin (2α) and repeat both analyses. In (ρ, η) and (xs, sin (γ)) plots for the extra isosinglet down quark model, we find multiple regions that will require experiments on sin (γ) and/or xs to decide between, and possibly to effectively bound out the extra down quark contribution.


Author(s):  
Sterling P. Newberry

At the 1958 meeting of our society, then known as EMSA, the author introduced the concept of microspace and suggested its use to provide adequate information storage space and the use of electron microscope techniques to provide storage and retrieval access. At this current meeting of MSA, he wishes to suggest an additional use of the power of the electron microscope.The author has been contemplating this new use for some time and would have suggested it in the EMSA fiftieth year commemorative volume, but for page limitations. There is compelling reason to put forth this suggestion today because problems have arisen in the “Standard Model” of particle physics and funds are being greatly reduced just as we need higher energy machines to resolve these problems. Therefore, any techniques which complement or augment what we can accomplish during this austerity period with the machines at hand is worth exploring.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adib Rifqi Setiawan

Put simply, Lisa Randall’s job is to figure out how the universe works, and what it’s made of. Her contributions to theoretical particle physics include two models of space-time that bear her name. The first Randall–Sundrum model addressed a problem with the Standard Model of the universe, and the second concerned the possibility of a warped additional dimension of space. In this work, we caught up with Randall to talk about why she chose a career in physics, where she finds inspiration, and what advice she’d offer budding physicists. This article has been edited for clarity. My favourite quote in this interview is, “Figure out what you enjoy, what your talents are, and what you’re most curious to learn about.” If you insterest in her work, you can contact her on Twitter @lirarandall.


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