Opening up baryon number violating operators
ORAL
Abstract
Baryon number violation is our most sensitive probe of physics beyond the Standard Model. Its realization through heavy new particles can be conveniently encoded in higher-dimensional operators that allow for a model-agnostic analyses. The unparalleled sensitivity of nuclear decays to baryon number violation makes it possible to probe effective operators of very high mass dimension, far beyond the commonly discussed dimension-six operators. To facilitate studies of this ginormous and scarcely explored testable operator landscape we provide the exhaustive set of tree-level UV completions for non-derivative baryon-number-violating operators in this Standard Model effective field theory up to mass dimension 15, which corresponds roughly to the border of sensitivity. In addition to the known Standard Model fields we also include right-handed neutrinos in our operators. Our public code can be used to UV-complete any non-derivative operator and match the induced amplitude onto an operator basis.
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Presenters
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Diana Sokhashvili
University of Virginia
Authors
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Diana Sokhashvili
University of Virginia
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Julian Heeck
University of Virginia
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Anil Thapa
Colorado State University