122 research outputs found
Dyons as a source of CP and time invariance violation: electric dipole moments and K-meson decays
We consider a mechanism by which dyons (electrically charged magnetic
monopoles) can produce both a T- and P-odd (i.e. time reversal invariance and
parity violating) mixed polarizability beta [defined by Delta E = -beta E.B,
where Delta E is the energy change when electric (E) and magnetic (B) fields
are applied to a system] and a T- and P-odd interaction between two particles:
psi_1-bar gamma_5 psi_1 psi_2-bar psi_2, where the psi_i are electron and quark
spinors. The latter can create atomic and neutron electric dipole moments
(EDMs). From experimental bounds on these we find limits on the properties of
dyons. Our best limit, using the experimental limit for the EDM of the Tl atom,
is M |Q g (Q^2 - g^2)|^(-1/4) > 6 GeV, where M is the dyon mass and Q is the
electric and g the magnetic charge of the dyons. The contribution of dyons to
CP violation in K-meson decays is also estimated.Comment: 22 pages, 5 figures, RevTe
P and T Violation From Certain Dimension Eight Weinberg Operators
Dimension eight operators of the Weinberg type have been shown to give
important contributions to CP violating phenomena, such as the electric dipole
moment of the neutron. In this note we show how operators related to these (and
expected to occur on equal footing) can give rise to time-reversal violating
phenomena such as atomic electric dipole moments. We also estimate the induced
parity violating phenomena such as small ``wrong'' parity admixtures in atomic
states and find that they are negligible. Uses harvmac.tex and epsf.tex; one
figure submitted as a uuencoded, compressed EPS file.Comment: 6 pages, EFI-92-5
Nanoparticles as a possible moderator for an ultracold neutron source
Ultracold and very cold neutrons (UCN and VCN) interact strongly with
nanoparticles due to the similarity of their wavelengths and nanoparticles
sizes. We analyze the hypothesis that this interaction can provide efficient
cooling of neutrons by ultracold nanoparticles at certain experimental
conditions, thus increasing the density of UCN by many orders of magnitude. The
present analytical and numerical description of the problem is limited to the
model of independent nanoparticles at zero temperature. Constraints of
application of this model are discussed
Testing isotropy of the universe using the Ramsey resonance technique on ultracold neutron spins
Physics at the Planck scale could be revealed by looking for tiny violations
of fundamental symmetries in low energy experiments. In 2008, a sensitive test
of the isotropy of the Universe using has been performed with stored ultracold
neutrons (UCN), this is the first clock-comparison experiment performed with
free neutrons. During several days we monitored the Larmor frequency of neutron
spins in a weak magnetic field using the Ramsey resonance technique. An
non-zero cosmic axial field, violating rotational symmetry, would induce a
daily variation of the precession frequency. Our null result constitutes one of
the most stringent tests of Lorentz invariance to date.Comment: proceedings of the PNCMI2010 conferenc
Nucleon Edm from Atomic Systems and Constraints on Supersymmetry Parameters
The nucleon EDM is shown to be directly related to the EDM of atomic systems.
From the observed EDM values of the atomic Hg system, the neutron EDM can be
extracted, which gives a very stringent constraint on the supersymmetry
parameters. It is also shown that the measurement of Nitrogen and Thallium
atomic systems should provide important information on the flavor dependence of
the quark EDM. We perform numerical analyses on the EDM of neutron, proton and
electron in the minimal supersymmetric standard model with CP-violating phases.
We demonstrate that the new limit on the neutron EDM extracted from atomic
systems excludes a wide parameter region of supersymmetry breaking masses above
1 TeV, while the old limit excludes only a small mass region below 1 TeV.Comment: 10 pages, 7 figure file
Constraints on Parity-Even Time Reversal Violation in the Nucleon-Nucleon System and Its Connection to Charge Symmetry Breaking
Parity-even time reversal violation (TRV) in the nucleon-nucleon interaction
is reconsidered. The TRV -exchange interaction on which recent analyses
of measurements are based is necessarily also charge-symmetry breaking (CSB).
Limits on its strength relative to regular -exchange are
extracted from recent CSB experiments in neutron-proton scattering. The result
(95% CL) is considerably lower than limits
inferred from direct TRV tests in nuclear processes. Properties of
-exchange and limit imposed by the neutron EDM are briefly discussed.Comment: RevTex, 8 pages. Factor ten error in cited neutron EDM corrected,
discussion and two references adde
Dynamical CP Violation in Composite Higgs Models
The dynamical origin of the CP violation in electroweak theory is
investigated in composite Higgs models. The mechanism of the spontaneous CP
violation proposed in other context by Dashen is adopted to construct simple
models of the dynamical CP violation.
Within the models the size of the neutron electric dipole moment is estimated
and the constraint on the -parameter in K-meson decays is
discussed.Comment: 20 pages, 2 figures not included, uses LaTeX, HUPD-922
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