Experimental tests of the SM (3): non-collider particle physics FK8022, Lecture 7 Core text: Further reading:
Collider vs non-collider physics (1) Can see new physics ? Max energy scale Max precisionCharacterisation of new physics Colliders Good – precision measurements of particle masses/couplings. Non-colliders Poor There is life beyond the large collaborations. New physics often found at the high energy/high precision frontiers. Colliders and non-colliders offer complementarity.
Collider vis non-collider physics (2) TopicScenario Anomaous charge ( q<<e ) Millicharged partices Proton decayGUTs Neutrinoless double -decay AxionsDark matter/strong CP problem Electric dipole moments Precision SM test – search for new physics Magnetic dipole moments Precision SM test – search for new physics Non-colliders also perform studies for specific scenarios or (mad ) speculative ideas which are impossible for colliders to probe. Impossible to cover all in one lecture. Neutrinoless double -decay covered by Thomas. Dipole moment measurements/searches among the most high profile of non-collider research (this lecture) Give a flavour of the type of work which is done and how its done. Major neutrino expts not listed (see Thomas’ lectures)
Dipole moments
Electric dipole moments violate T -invariance OR T A non-zero permanent electric dipole moment violates T -invariance!
Electric dipole moment Similar argument can be made for Parity. A permanent EDM violates P and T. – CP also violated ( CPT invariance) Standard Mode CPV predicts tiny EDMs Searches for EDMs test strong CP sector of the SM Sensitive to many exotics scenarios
SM and BSM contributions to electron-EDM Electroweak 4 loops + cancellation needed. Standard Model 1 loop sufficient CP -violating phase Supersymmetry
x y z A simple generic EDM experiment (1)
x’ y’ z’ A simple generic EDM experiment (2)
Experimental sensitivity
Worldwide EDM Community
Limits on particle EDMs ParticleUpper limit on | d | (ecm) SM prediction ( e cm) n e p
ACME (2013) e- EDM predictions and limits (D. DeMille)
Neutron EDM searches 7 orders of magnitude in precision gained. Eating into SUSY/exotic parameter space.
Gyromagnetic ratio in classical physics
Gyromagnetic ratio in quantum mechanics
Gyromagnetic ratio in quantum field theory + infinite number of diagrams =+ =
Some more Feynman diagrams… Subset of the SM processes which need to be calculated. Sensitivity to a range of TeV-scale BSM scenarios Eg SUSY
Measurements of g
E821 Experiment (Brookhaven) Measuring the muon gyromagnetic ratio
Measurements of muon g-2
Theoretical uncertainties SourceContribution to a x Contribution to da x QED Hadronic vacuum polarisation 7007 EW QED HadronicEW