Model-independent estimates for loop-induced baryon-number-violating nucleon decays
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| author | Gargalionis, John Herrero-Garcia, Juan Schmidt, Michael A. |
| author_facet | Gargalionis, John Herrero-Garcia, Juan Schmidt, Michael A. |
| contents | Baryon number is an accidental symmetry of the Standard Model (SM) Lagrangian that so far has been measured to be exactly preserved, although it is expected to be violated at higher energies. In this work we compute order-of-magnitude estimates for the matching contributions of generic ultraviolet models to effective operators that generate nucleon decay processes. This is done in a systematic and automated way using operators constructed from SM fields up to dimension nine and working in a framework that has proved useful in the study of lepton-number violation. For each of the operators we derive estimates for the rates of different nucleon-decay channels. These allow us to establish model-independent lower bounds on the underlying new-physics scale and identify potential correlations between the various decay modes. The results are most relevant for genuine models that do not generate nucleon decay at a lower order. This analysis is especially timely given the expected future sensitivities in numerous experiments such as Hyper-K, DUNE, JUNO and THEIA. |
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| spellingShingle | Model-independent estimates for loop-induced baryon-number-violating nucleon decays Gargalionis, John Herrero-Garcia, Juan Schmidt, Michael A. High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Baryon number is an accidental symmetry of the Standard Model (SM) Lagrangian that so far has been measured to be exactly preserved, although it is expected to be violated at higher energies. In this work we compute order-of-magnitude estimates for the matching contributions of generic ultraviolet models to effective operators that generate nucleon decay processes. This is done in a systematic and automated way using operators constructed from SM fields up to dimension nine and working in a framework that has proved useful in the study of lepton-number violation. For each of the operators we derive estimates for the rates of different nucleon-decay channels. These allow us to establish model-independent lower bounds on the underlying new-physics scale and identify potential correlations between the various decay modes. The results are most relevant for genuine models that do not generate nucleon decay at a lower order. This analysis is especially timely given the expected future sensitivities in numerous experiments such as Hyper-K, DUNE, JUNO and THEIA. |
| title | Model-independent estimates for loop-induced baryon-number-violating nucleon decays |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.04768 |