Observable Neutron-antineutron oscillations K.S. Babu Oklahoma State University NANO Mini-Workshop Washington University, St. Louis February 11, 2011
‘t Hooft (1976) Kuzmin, Rubakov, Shaposhnikov (1985) Baryon Number is violated in standard model
Sphalerons and baryogenesis
Popular B generation mechanisms
Post-sphaleron baryogenesis K.S. Babu, R.N. Mohapatra, S. Nasri, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97:131301(2006) K.S. Babu, R.N. Mohapatra, S. Nasri, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98: (2007) K.S. Babu, P.S. Bhupal Dev, R.N. Mohapatra, Phys. Rev.D79: (2009)
Possible B violating couplings
S couplings
Explicit Model
B violating decay of S
CP Asymmetry
Model Predictions
Proposal for B generation and Dark Matter
Unified Model
Unified Model (cont.)
B Violating decays of N
CP asymmetry
n-nbar oscillations
Four big questions in neutrino physics
Results in the the present scenario
Pati—Salam Embedding
FCNC constraints on diquarks
Neutrino mass matrix
Neutron—antineutron oscillations
New CP violation in B system via colored scalars E. Fortes, K. Babu, B. Dev, R. Mohapatra
CP violation in Bs mixing and in B0 decays
Summary and Conclusions