Tracing remnants of the baryon vector current anomaly in $n\to p e^- \bar\nu_e \gamma$

ORAL

Abstract

We show that a triple-product correlation in the neutron radiative $\beta$-decay rate, characterized by the kinematical variable ${\mathbf l}_p\cdot({\mathbf l}_e\times{\mathbf k})$, isolates the pseudo-Chern-Simons term found by Harvey, Hill, and Hill as a consequence of the baryon vector current anomaly and SU(2)$\times$U(1) gauge invariance at low energies. We consider the bound which emerges on the strength of its neutral current analogue from MiniBooNE data and compute the size of the expected asymmetry in $n\to p e^- \bar\nu_e \gamma$.

*Supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-FG02-96ER40989.

Authors

  • Daheng He

    • University of Kentucky
  • Susan Gardner

    • University of Kentucky