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Neutrinoless double beta decay without proton decay
Xinshuai YanDepartment of Physics and Astronomy
University of Kentucky Lexington, KY
October 21st-23rd, 2018, DBD18, Hawaii
Based, in part, onβ¦Susan Gardner and X.Y., arXiv:1602.00693,
1808.05288, 1810.XXXX.
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Origin of neutrino mass
q Neutrino flavor-changing oscillations Observed by Super-K and Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
q (therefore) neutrinos have mass
TakaakiKajita ArthurB.McDonald
β’ Neutrinooscillation
β’ Majorana or Dirac neutrinos?Γ If Dirac, like other fermions in SM, it can be generated by
the Higgs mechanism (a right-handed π£ field is needed)Γ If Majorana, a dimension five mass term appears
v Observationofneutrinoless double(0π£π½π½) decayshowsthatLisbrokenbytwounits andneutrinohasaneffectiveMajorana mass. [Schechter &Valle, (1982)]
[Weinberg, (1979)]
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Mechanismsof0π£π½π½decay
Γ (a)-(c): A light neutrino is exchanged --- βlong-rangeβ diagrams;Γ (d): Mediated by heavy particles --- βshort-rangeβ diagram.
[Bonnetetal(2013)]
0π£π½π½ is mediated by a mass dimension [d]= 9 operator:πͺ β π’)π’)πππΜ πΜ Or π.π. β π.π.
Short---6fermions
If observed, regardless of the mechanism causing it,the v has a Majorana mass! [Schechter &Valle, (1982) ]
Topology II
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[Bonnetetal(2013)]The two basic tree-level topologies realizing [d]=9 0π£π½π½ decay operator:
Twotopologiesof0π£π½π½ decayoperator
long-range / short-range short-rangeπ π
Topology I
π/π
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Outlinev Use βminimalβ models: the new interactions respect SM
gauge symmetry and are also renormalizable ([d]=3, 4).
v Add new scalars and vectors, and study B and/or L violations.
v We remove proton (p) decay ( βπ΅ = 1)explicitly. q Non-observation of proton (p) decay set severe constraints on new
physics (GUT scale); q Lack of βsecret ingredientsβ, such as discrete symmetry, etc. as
would appear in a GUT
v We check what mechanisms (models) of 0π£π½π½ decay can survive.
Γ Note: the representations of new scalars and vectors are in
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Treelevelprotondecaydiagrams
[Arnold, Fornal, andWise (2013)]
π(3,1,-4/3), ππ’π’, ποΏ½Μ οΏ½πΜ ππ(3)Γππ(2)Γπ(1)
β = π’ππ’π π β π?π@
Possible interactions between new particles and SM fermions permit no proton decay
Γ e.g., πππ , ππΏπ, ππ’π, ππ’)οΏ½Μ οΏ½, πππ, β¦
,
Eliminate new particles that generate p (|βπ΅|=1) decay
More precisely, e.g., ππΏπ and πππ:
(aandbdenote generation.)
AtlowE
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Scalar/vector-fermion interactions without p-decay
[Arnold, Fornal, andWise (2013)Assad, Fornal, Grinstein (2018)S. Gardner andX.Y.(2018)]
Possible interactions between new particles and SM fermions:
These interactions do not break L or B!
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0π£π½π½ decayinminimal scalar models
Topology II:
[Bonnet etal(2013)]
Γ πDπEπF?Γ πGπHπF?Γ πGπEπH?
Possible interactions (atD)inSMrep.:
[S.GardnerandX.Y.(2018)]
v Without p decay
5β π:Number of decompositions drops!!
β’ Note the different shorthand:β’ With p decay
πππ(1)Γπππ(3)
π(3,1,-4/3), ππ’π’ iseliminated byno-protondecaycondition.πππππ₯πππππ:
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0π£π½π½decayinminimal scalar models
Topology I:
Possible interactions atA ,B ,C ,DinSMrep.:q e.g., 4-ii-a:
[S.GardnerandX.Y.(2018)]
v Without p decay
The number of decomposition for topology (I) dropsοΌππ β π!
v Xi denotes a new scalar.
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0π£π½π½ decayinminimal vector models v The number of decomposition for
topology (II) drops: π β π!
v The number of decomposition for topology (I) drops: ππ β ππ! Topology I:
Possible interactions atA ,B ,C ,D:
Γ E.g., 4-ii-a:
Observation:
v Vi denotes a new vector.
Γ No-p decay has great impact on mechanisms of πππ·π· decay in both topologies.
Γ Weexplorepossibleconnectionbetweenpatternsof|βB|=2processand0π£π½π½ decaywithinminimalscalarmodelsintopology(II).
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Minimal scalar Xi interactions that break B and/or L
Appearedin[Arnold,Fornal,andWise(2013)]
[S.Gardner andX.Y.(2018)]
π β π)oscillation
βπΏ = 2, βπ΅ = 0A,B,C=>0π£π½π½decay
ππππ’ππππππππππ¦
conversion
Topology II:
E.g. :
[d]=3, 4.
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Patternsof|βB|=2 & Majorana neutrino
β’ M3 has scalar content X7 and X8 ;β’ π.π β π?οΏ½Μ οΏ½ only => M10, M12, or
M15. Common scalar content: X1
One example: No π.π β π.π)& Yes ππ),
π.π. β π.π. decayA
M3 X7X7X8 M10 X7X8X8X1
M12 X5X5X8X1
A X1X8πF^ M15 X4X4X8X1
Gell-Mann quotesitfromT.H.White
"Everything not forbidden is compulsory."[S.GardnerandX.Y.(2018)]
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Summaryβ’ Werevisitd=90ππ½π½ decay operators and explore their minimal
ultraviolet-completemodels with new scalars and vectors.
β’ No proton decay condition eliminates many of the mechanisms of 0π£π½π½decay, especially in topology II. Only one survives in scalar models (in the (SU(3), U(1)em ) basis), and none in vector models.
β’ Within topology II scalar models, we show that the observation of ππ)oscillations and of particular nucleon-antinucleon conversion processes can reveal the Majorana nature of the neutrino.
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Backup Slides
14[Bonnetetal(2013)]
Γ With p decay Topology I:
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0π£π½π½decayinminimal scalar-vector models Topology II:
[Bonnet etal(2013)]
[Susan Gardner andX.Y.(2018)]
Γ #1: π½πππ½πππΏπ?, π½π
ππ½πππΏπ?
Γ #3: π½πππ½ππ? πΏπ, π½π
ππ½ππ? πΏπ, π½πππ½πππΏπ?,
πΏππΏππΏπ?, πΏππΏππΏπ?, πΏππΏππΏπ?
Γ #4: π½πππ½πππΏπ
Surviving decomposition & possible models:
Γ With p decay
v Without p decay
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0π£π½π½ decayinminimal scalar-vector models Topology I:
[S.GardnerandX.Y.(2018)]
πβπβπ, πβπβS
πβπβπ
πβπβπ, πβπβS,πβπβπ, SβπβS
πβπβπ
πβπβπ, πβπβπ, SβπβSπβπβπ, SβπβS
v Without p decay
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Quarklevelπ β π) oscillationΓ There are 4 independent quarklevelπ β π) oscillation operators that
respect SM gauge symmetry:[Raoand Shrock (1982)W.Caswell etal(1983)M.Buchoff etal(2012)]
q Note: M1 yields the operator (πͺ2)RRR, M2 yields (πͺ3)LLR, M3 yields (πͺ1)RRR.
[Raoand Shrock (1982)]
Quark levelπ β π)oscillation operators with SU(3)β¨Uem 1 .
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Estimate event number
β’ t denotes experiment running time, L is the length of liquid deuterium target at 19K with number density π.
β’ πis the flux of electron beam(Dark Light exp. at Jlab)
Fixed target experiment:
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Dim 5 and 7 proton decay
Assad, Fornal, Grinstein (2018)