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Falkowski, A.; Gonzalez-Alonso, M.; Naviliat-Cuncic, O.; Severijns, N. |
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Superallowed decays within and beyond the standard model |
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2023 |
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European Physical Journal A |
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Eur. Phys. J. A |
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59 |
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5 |
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113 - 10pp |
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This note reviews the role of superallowed transitions in determining the strength of the weak interaction among the lightest quarks and in searching for new physics beyond the standard electroweak model. The two sets of superallowed decays in nuclei considered here are pure Fermi and mirror transitions. The first have been scrutinized for more than 50 years. The most relevant results are presented and the role of the nucleus-dependent radiative correction and nucleus-independent inner radiative correction are reviewed. In this context, the systematic study of mirror transitions started about 15 years ago. Despite the significant progress made since then, the data is still limited by experimental uncertainties. Combining the results from all superallowed transitions, which are fully consistent, provides a test of unitarity of the first row of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix, which displays a 2 sigma tension with the standardmodel.Superallowed transitions in beta decay are considered to be the “cleanest” ones in terms of hadronic contributions arising from the nuclear medium. These transitions have been identified since the early days in the study of beta decay and have played a crucial role in determining the strength of weak processes involving the lightest u and d quarks. They offer today a sensitive window to search for NP through high precision measurements. This paper reviews the contributions of pure Fermi and mirror superallowed transitions, to determine parameters within the SMor to constrain NP. It relies in particular on the results of four recent reviews and global analyses which can be found in Refs. [1-4]. Although neutron decay is the simplest mirror transition, the recent progress in neutron decay is not covered here besides mentioning the most relevant results. |
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[Falkowski, Adam] Univ Paris Saclay, IJC Lab, CNRS IN2P3, 15 Rue G Clemenceau, F-91405 Orsay, France, Email: adam.falkowski@ijclab.in2p3.fr; |
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WOS:000994627600001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Falkowski, A.; Gonzalez-Alonso, M.; Naviliat-Cuncic, O. |
| Title |
Comprehensive analysis of beta decays within and beyond the Standard Model |
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Journal Article |
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2021 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
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J. High Energy Phys. |
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04 |
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4 |
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126 - 36pp |
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Effective Field Theories; Beyond Standard Model; Quark Masses and SM Parameters |
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Precision measurements in allowed nuclear beta decays and neutron decay are reviewed and analyzed both within the Standard Model and looking for new physics. The analysis incorporates the most recent experimental and theoretical developments. The results are interpreted in terms of Wilson coefficients describing the effective interactions between leptons and nucleons (or quarks) that are responsible for beta decay. New global fits are performed incorporating a comprehensive list of precision measurements in neutron decay, superallowed 0(+)-> 0(+) transitions, and other nuclear decays that include, for the first time, data from mirror beta transitions. The results confirm the V-A character of the interaction and translate into updated values for V-ud and g(A) at the 10(-4) level. We also place new stringent limits on exotic couplings involving left-handed and right-handed neutrinos, which benefit significantly from the inclusion of mirror decays in the analysis. |
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[Falkowski, Adam] Univ Paris Saclay, CNRS, IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France, Email: adam.falkowski@ijclab.in2p3.fr; |
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WOS:000640519700002 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4804 |
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Cirigliano, V.; Diaz-Calderon, D.; Falkowski, A.; Gonzalez-Alonso, M.; Rodriguez-Sanchez, A. |
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Semileptonic tau decays beyond the Standard Model |
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Journal Article |
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2022 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
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J. High Energy Phys. |
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04 |
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4 |
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152 - 61pp |
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Semi-Leptonic Decays; Specific BSM Phenomenology |
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Hadronic tau decays are studied as probe of new physics. We determine the dependence of several inclusive and exclusive tau observables on the Wilson coefficients of the low-energy effective theory describing charged-current interactions between light quarks and leptons. The analysis includes both strange and non-strange decay channels. The main result is the likelihood function for the Wilson coefficients in the tau sector, based on the up-to-date experimental measurements and state-of-the-art theoretical techniques. The likelihood can be readily combined with inputs from other low-energy precision observables. We discuss a combination with nuclear beta, baryon, pion, and kaon decay data. In particular, we provide a comprehensive and model-independent description of the new physics hints in the combined dataset, which are known under the name of the Cabibbo anomaly. |
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[Cirigliano, Vincenzo] Los Alamos Natl Lab, Theoret Div, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA, Email: cirigv@uw.edu; |
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WOS:000788323700004 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Cirigliano, V.; Falkowski, A.; Gonzalez-Alonso, M.; Rodriguez-Sanchez, A. |
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Hadronic tau Decays as New Physics Probes in the LHC Era |
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Journal Article |
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2019 |
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Physical Review Letters |
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Phys. Rev. Lett. |
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122 |
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22 |
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221801 - 7pp |
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We analyze the sensitivity of hadronic tau decays to nonstandard interactions within the model-independent framework of the standard model effective field theory. Both exclusive and inclusive decays are studied, using the latest lattice data and QCD dispersion relations. We show that there are enough theoretically clean channels to disentangle all the effective couplings contributing to these decays, with the tau -> pi pi nu(tau) channel representing an unexpected powerful new physics probe. We find that the ratios of nonstandard couplings to the Fermi constant are bound at the subpercent level. These bounds are complementary to the ones from electroweak precision observables and pp -> tau nu(tau) measurements at the LHC. The combination of tau decay and LHC data puts tighter constraints on lepton universality violation in the gauge boson-lepton vertex corrections. |
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[Cirigliano, Vincenzo] Los Alamos Natl Lab, Theoret Div, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA |
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Amer Physical Soc |
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WOS:000470885800008 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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