A TESTABLE MODEL OF A 17 keV TAU NEUTRINO

1992 ◽  
Vol 07 (06) ◽  
pp. 459-465
Author(s):  
DANIEL NG
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Branching Ratio ◽  
Life Time ◽  
Local Symmetry ◽  
Global Symmetry ◽  
Tau Neutrino ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Breaking Scale ◽  
Testable Model

We discuss an extension of the standard model with a local symmetry of Le−Lμ and a global symmetry of Lτ to incorporate a 17 keV Dirac tau neutrino. A massive neutral gauge boson (AX) and a majoron (J) are present by breaking the symmetries spontaneously. The tau neutrino, with a life-time of the order 10−3 s, will decay by emitting an electron and a majoron. Tau will also decay into an electron and a majoron with a branching ratio as large as 10−4. The breaking scale of Le−Lμ symmetry can be as low as 700 GeV. Hence, AX can be produced in LEP II in the near future.

scholarly journals Search for π0 decays to invisible particles

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Cortina Gil ◽  
◽  
A. Kleimenova ◽  
E. Minucci ◽  
S. Padolski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higgs Boson ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Confidence Level ◽  
Branching Ratio ◽  
Standard Model Higgs Boson ◽  
Scalar Mixing ◽  
Upper Limit ◽  
Upper Limits ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Model Independent

Abstract The NA62 experiment at the CERN SPS reports a study of a sample of 4 × 109 tagged π0 mesons from K+ → π+π0(γ), searching for the decay of the π0 to invisible particles. No signal is observed in excess of the expected background fluctuations. An upper limit of 4.4 × 10−9 is set on the branching ratio at 90% confidence level, improving on previous results by a factor of 60. This result can also be interpreted as a model- independent upper limit on the branching ratio for the decay K+ → π+X, where X is a particle escaping detection with mass in the range 0.110–0.155 GeV/c2 and rest lifetime greater than 100 ps. Model-dependent upper limits are obtained assuming X to be an axion-like particle with dominant fermion couplings or a dark scalar mixing with the Standard Model Higgs boson.

scholarly journals Disentangling QCD and new physics in D → πℓ+ℓ−

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aoife Bharucha ◽  
Diogo Boito ◽  
Cédric Méaux
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Branching Ratio ◽  
Branching Ratios ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Operator Product ◽  
Beyond The Standard Model ◽  
Spectral Functions ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Model Independent ◽  
Weak Annihilation

Abstract In this paper we consider the decay D+ → π+ℓ+ℓ−, addressing in particular the resonance contributions as well as the relatively large contributions from the weak annihilation diagrams. For the weak annihilation diagrams we include known results from QCD factorisation at low q2 and at high q2, adapting the existing calculation for B decays in the Operator Product Expansion. The hadronic resonance contributions are obtained through a dispersion relation, modelling the spectral functions as towers of Regge-like resonances in each channel, as suggested by Shifman, imposing the partonic behaviour in the deep Euclidean. The parameters of the model are extracted using e+e− → (hadrons) and τ → (hadrons) + ντ data as well as the branching ratios for the resonant decays D+ → π+R(R → ℓ+ℓ−), with R = ρ, ω, and ϕ. We perform a thorough error analysis, and present our results for the Standard Model differential branching ratio as a function of q2. Focusing then on the observables FH and AFB, we consider the sensitivity of this channel to effects of physics beyond the Standard Model, both in a model independent way and for the case of leptoquarks.

scholarly journals Searching for new physics in charm radiative decays

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (32) ◽  
pp. 1850194
Author(s):  
Aritra Biswas ◽  
Sanjoy Mandal ◽  
Nita Sinha
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Branching Ratio ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Radiative Decays ◽  
Symmetric Model ◽  
Leading Order ◽  
Photon Polarization ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Distance Effects

We show that for a heavy vector-like quark model with a down type isosinglet, branching ratio for [Formula: see text] decay is enhanced by more than [Formula: see text] as compared to that in the Standard model when QCD corrections to next-to-leading order are incorporated. In a left–right symmetric model (LRSM) along with a heavy vector-like fermion, enhancement of this order can be achieved at the bare (QCD uncorrected) level itself. We propose that a measurement of the photon polarization could be used to signal the presence of such new physics in spite of the large long distance effects. We find that there is a large region within the allowed parameter space of the model with a vector-like quark and an additional left–right symmetry, where, the photon polarization can be dominantly right-handed.

scholarly journals Theoretical challenges for flavor physics

2021 ◽  
Vol 136 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuval Grossman ◽  
Zoltan Ligeti
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Flavor Physics ◽  
Beyond The Standard Model ◽  
Physics Program ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Nonperturbative Qcd ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Better Than

AbstractWe discuss some highlights of the FCC-$$ee$$ ee flavor physics program. It will help to explore various aspects of flavor physics: to test precision calculations, to probe nonperturbative QCD methods, and to increase the sensitivity to physics beyond the standard model. In some areas, FCC-$$ee$$ ee will do much better than current and near-future experiments. We briefly discuss several probes that can be relevant for maximizing the gain from the FCC-$$ee$$ ee flavor program.

scholarly journals The one-loop tadpole in the geoSMEFT

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tyler Corbett
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Effective Field Theory ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Power Counting ◽  
Leading Order ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
The One ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Geometric Formulation

Making use of the geometric formulation of the Standard Model Effective Field Theory we calculate the one-loop tadpole diagrams to all orders in the Standard Model Effective Field Theory power counting. This work represents the first calculation of a one-loop amplitude beyond leading order in the Standard Model Effective Field Theory, and discusses the potential to extend this methodology to perform similar calculations of observables in the near future.

scholarly journals Signatures of Majorana dark matter with t-channel mediators

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (07) ◽  
pp. 1530019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathias Garny ◽  
Alejandro Ibarra ◽  
Stefan Vogl
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Direct Detection ◽  
Dark Matter Particle ◽  
Search Strategies ◽  
Indirect Detection ◽  
Majorana Fermion ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Full Benefit ◽  
Near Future

Three main strategies are being pursued to search for nongravitational dark matter signals: direct detection, indirect detection and collider searches. Interestingly, experiments have reached sensitivities in these three search strategies which may allow detection in the near future. In order to take full benefit of the wealth of experimental data, and in order to confirm a possible dark matter signal, it is necessary to specify the nature of the dark matter particle and of the mediator to the Standard Model. In this paper, we focus on a simplified model where the dark matter particle is a Majorana fermion that couples to a light Standard Model fermion via a Yukawa coupling with a scalar mediator. We review the observational signatures of this model and we discuss the complementarity among the various search strategies, with emphasis in the well motivated scenario where the dark matter particles are produced in the early universe via thermal freeze-out.

A GLANCE BEYOND THE STANDARD MODEL: LATEST RESULTS FROM THE MEG EXPERIMENT

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 1460390
Author(s):  
SIMEONE DUSSONI
Keyword(s):  
Beyond Standard Model ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
High Intensity ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Branching Ratio ◽  
Beyond The Standard Model ◽  
Upper Limit ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Key Features ◽  
Very High

The MEG experiment started taking data in 2009 looking for the Standard Model suppressed decay μ → e + γ, which, if observed, can reveal Beyond Standard Model physics. It makes use of state-of-the art detectors optimized for operating in conditions of very high intensity, rejecting as much background as possible. The data taking ended August 2013 and an upgrade R&D is started to push the experimental sensitivity. The present upper limit on the decay Branching Ratio (BR) is presented, obtained with the subset of data from 2009 to 2011 run, together with a description of the key features of the upgraded detector.

Study of the semileptonic Bc → ηcτ−v̄τ decay in W′ model

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Mahata ◽  
P. Maji ◽  
S. Biswas ◽  
S. Sahoo
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Branching Ratio ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Lepton Flavor ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Text Model

Recently, many discrepancies between the Standard Model (SM) predictions and experimental results have been found in [Formula: see text] quark transitions. Motivated by these discrepancies, we investigated the semileptonic [Formula: see text] decay in [Formula: see text] model. In this paper, we have estimated different decay observables such as branching ratio, lepton flavor universality (LFU) ratio [Formula: see text] and forward–backward asymmetry in the SM as well as in the [Formula: see text] model. In [Formula: see text] model, we find significant deviations from the SM for the observables except for the forward–backward asymmetry. This deviation gives us a possible indication of new physics (NP).

scholarly journals The SHiP physics program

2018 ◽  
Vol 179 ◽  
pp. 01002
Author(s):  
Giovanni De Lellis
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Mass Range ◽  
Beyond The Standard Model ◽  
Beam Dump ◽  
Tau Neutrino ◽  
Physics Program ◽  
Weakly Coupled ◽  
Physics Potential ◽  
The Standard Model

The discovery of the Higgs boson has fully confirmed the Standard Model of particles and fields. Nevertheless, there are still fundamental phenomena, like the existence of dark matter and the baryon asymmetry of the Universe, which deserve an explanation that could come from the discovery of new particles. The SHiP experiment at CERN meant to search for very weakly coupled particles in the few GeV mass domain has been recently proposed. The existence of such particles, foreseen in different theoretical models beyond the Standard Model, is largely unexplored. A beam dump facility using high intensity 400 GeV protons is a copious source of such unknown particles in the GeV mass range. The beam dump is also a copious source of neutrinos and in particular it is an ideal source of tau neutrinos, the less known particle in the Standard Model. Indeed, tau anti-neutrinos have not been directly observed so far. We report the physics potential of such an experiment including the tau neutrino magnetic moment.

scholarly journals Status of the NA62 Experiment

2020 ◽  
Vol 234 ◽  
pp. 01012
Author(s):  
M. Piccini
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Branching Ratio ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Single Event ◽  
Model Framework ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Better Than

The decay $ {K^ + } \to {\pi ^ + }v\bar v $, with a very precisely predicted branching ratio of less than 10−10 in the Standard Model framework, is one of the best candidates to reveal indirect effects of new physics at the highest mass scales. The NA62 experiment at CERN SPS is designed to measure the branching ratio of such decay with a decay-in-flight technique, novel for this channel. The main goal of NA62 is to measure such Branching Ratio of $ {K^ + } \to {\pi ^ + }v\bar v $ with an accuracy better than 20%. This will be achieved by collecting up to 100 $ {K^ + } \to {\pi ^ + }v\bar v $ events with a background contamination at the level of 10%. The NA62 detector was commissioned in 2014 and 2015 and the experiment took physics data from 2015 to 2018. NA62 has already published the result of the 2016 data analysis. The 2017 data analysis is in progress, the single event sensitivity reached and the evaluation of the main backgrounds will be shown in this contribution.

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