Cp Violation In Particle Nuclear And Astrophysics

Author : Michael Beyer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 340 pages
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Release : 2009-09-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 3540829830

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CP Violation in Particle, Nuclear, and Astrophysics by Michael Beyer Pdf

The exciting experiments of the BABAR and BELLE collaborations have now proven violation of CP symmetry in the neutral B system. This has renewed strong interest in the physics of CP violation. Novel experimental techniques and new highly intense neutron sources are now becoming available to further test the related time reversal symmetry. They will substantially lower the current limit on the neutron electric dipole moment and hence open up new tests of theoretical concepts beyond the Standard Model. These are strongly required to explain the decisive excess of matter versus antimatter in our Universe. There is a de?nite need to communicate these exciting developments to younger scientists, and therefore we organized a summer school in October 2000 on “CP Violation and Related Topics”, which was held in Prerow, a small Baltic Sea resort. These Lecture Notes were inspired by the vivid - terest of the participants, and I am grateful to the authors, who faced the unexpected and delivered all the material for an up-to-date introduction to this broad ?eld. It is a great pleasure for me to warmly thank the Co-organizers of the summer school, Henning Schr ̈oder, Thomas Mannel, Klaus R. Schubert and my colleague Roland Waldi. Also I would like to express my sincere thanks to the Volkswagen-Stiftung for their ?nancial support of this inspiring summer school.

Author : Michael Beyer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2002-09-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540437055

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CP Violation in Particle, Nuclear, and Astrophysics by Michael Beyer Pdf

The exciting experiments of the BABAR and BELLE collaborations have now proven violation of CP symmetry in the neutral B system. This has renewed strong interest in the physics of CP violation. Novel experimental techniques and new highly intense neutron sources are now becoming available to further test the related time reversal symmetry. They will substantially lower the current limit on the neutron electric dipole moment and hence open up new tests of theoretical concepts beyond the Standard Model. These are strongly required to explain the decisive excess of matter versus antimatter in our Universe. There is a de?nite need to communicate these exciting developments to younger scientists, and therefore we organized a summer school in October 2000 on “CP Violation and Related Topics”, which was held in Prerow, a small Baltic Sea resort. These Lecture Notes were inspired by the vivid - terest of the participants, and I am grateful to the authors, who faced the unexpected and delivered all the material for an up-to-date introduction to this broad ?eld. It is a great pleasure for me to warmly thank the Co-organizers of the summer school, Henning Schr ̈oder, Thomas Mannel, Klaus R. Schubert and my colleague Roland Waldi. Also I would like to express my sincere thanks to the Volkswagen-Stiftung for their ?nancial support of this inspiring summer school.

Author : I. I. Bigi,A. I. Sanda
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521443490

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CP Violation by I. I. Bigi,A. I. Sanda Pdf

This account presents background information and theoretical tools necessary for understanding CP violation.

Author : J. Thanh Van Tran
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Astrophysics
ISBN : UCAL:B3081377

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CP Violation in Particle Physics and Astrophysics by J. Thanh Van Tran Pdf

Author : Michael Beyer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2008-01-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540478959

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CP Violation in Particle, Nuclear, and Astrophysics by Michael Beyer Pdf

The exciting experiments of the BABAR and BELLE collaborations have now proven violation of CP symmetry in the neutral B system. This has renewed strong interest in the physics of CP violation. Novel experimental techniques and new highly intense neutron sources are now becoming available to further test the related time reversal symmetry. They will substantially lower the current limit on the neutron electric dipole moment and hence open up new tests of theoretical concepts beyond the Standard Model. These are strongly required to explain the decisive excess of matter versus antimatter in our Universe. There is a de?nite need to communicate these exciting developments to younger scientists, and therefore we organized a summer school in October 2000 on “CP Violation and Related Topics”, which was held in Prerow, a small Baltic Sea resort. These Lecture Notes were inspired by the vivid - terest of the participants, and I am grateful to the authors, who faced the unexpected and delivered all the material for an up-to-date introduction to this broad ?eld. It is a great pleasure for me to warmly thank the Co-organizers of the summer school, Henning Schr ̈oder, Thomas Mannel, Klaus R. Schubert and my colleague Roland Waldi. Also I would like to express my sincere thanks to the Volkswagen-Stiftung for their ?nancial support of this inspiring summer school.

Author : H. V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus,I.V Krivosheina
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 786 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0750306165

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Lepton and Baryon Number Violation in Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology by H. V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus,I.V Krivosheina Pdf

Bringing together leading researchers from particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology, Lepton and Baryon Number Violation in Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology presents reviews of current theoretical ideas, experimental results, and future perspectives in this topical field. The book covers areas related to baryon number (B) and lepton number (L) violation in particle physics, nuclear physics, rare decays, and cosmology. The main topics include B and L violation and grand unified theories; B and L violation in the early universe, cosmology, and astrophysics; Lepton family number violation; and B and L violation and collider physics.

Author : I. I. Bigi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : CP violation (Nuclear physics)
ISBN : 0511578385

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CP Violation by I. I. Bigi Pdf

Author : Iosif B. Khriplovich,Steve K. Lamoreaux
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642608384

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CP Violation Without Strangeness by Iosif B. Khriplovich,Steve K. Lamoreaux Pdf

Electric dipole moments (EDMs) have interested physicists since 1950, when it was first suggested that there was no experimental evidence that nuclear forces are symmetric under parity (P) transformation. This question was regarded as speculative because the existence of an EDM, in addition to P violation, requires a violation of time-reversal (T) symmetry. In 1964 it was discovered that the invariance under CP transformation, which combines charge conjugation (C) with parity, is violated in K-meson decays. This provided a new incentive for EDM searches. Since the combined operations of CPT are expected to leave a system invariant, breakdown of CP invariance should be accompanied by a violation of time-reversal symmetry. Thus there is a reason to expect that EDMs should exist at some level. The original neutron EDM experiments were later supplemented with checks of T invariance in atoms and molecules. These investigations are pursued now by many groups. Over the years, the upper limit on the neutron EDM has been improved by seven orders of magnitude, and the upper limit on the electron EDM obtained in atomic experiments is even more strict.

Author : A. Astbury,F. C. Khanna,Roger Moore
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789812772541

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Fundamental Interactions by A. Astbury,F. C. Khanna,Roger Moore Pdf

This proceedings volume contains the latest developments in particle physics in collider experiments. The contributions cover new results such as the production of quark-gluon plasma in the heavy-ion collider, the new techniques for precision measurement at low energies, and the status of neutrino physics at various laboratories including the new facilities that are at the planning stage. Sample Chapter(s). Chapter 1: Making Precision Measurements at Hadron Colliders: Two Lectures (1,408 KB). Contents: Making Precision Measurements at Hadron Colliders: Two Lectures (H J Frisch); Evidence for a QuarkOCoGluon Plasma at RHC (J Harris); Neutrino Physics: A Selective Overview (S Oser); Low-Energy Tests of the Standard Model (M Pospelov); Leptonic B Decays (M-C Chang); Cosmic Neutrinos Beyond the Standard Model (U Harbach); Proton Structure from HERA (K Nagano); New Phenomena Searches at CDF (A Soha); Electroweak Results at LEP2 (P Spagnolo); and other papers. Readership: Graduate students, academics and researchers in particle and nuclear physics."

Author : Alan Astbury,Bruce A Campbell,Faqir C Khanna,Roger W Moore,Manuella G Vincter
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2006-02-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814478786

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Fundamental Interactions - Proceedings Of The 20th Lake Louise Winter Institute by Alan Astbury,Bruce A Campbell,Faqir C Khanna,Roger W Moore,Manuella G Vincter Pdf

This proceedings volume contains pedagogical lectures on theoretical and experimental particle physics, cosmology and atomic trap physics. It also includes additional contributions that provide up-to-date information on new experimental results from accelerators, underground laboratories, and nuclear astrophysics. This combination of pedagogical talks and topical short talks provides comprehensive information to researchers in the fields of particle physics, cosmology and atomic trap physics.

Author : Cecilia Jarlskog
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814632454

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Cp Violation by Cecilia Jarlskog Pdf

Contents:CP Phenomenology:Introduction to CP Violation (C Jarlskog)CP-Violation in the K0-K0-System (K Kleinknecht)The Quark Mixing Matrix, Charm Decays and B Decays (S Stone)The Question of CP Noninvariance — As Seen through the Eyes of Neutral Beauty (I I Bigi et al.)In Search of CP Noninvariance in Heavy Quark Systems (L-L Chau)CP Violation at High Energy e+e- Colliders (J Bernabéu & M B Gavela)CP Violation in the Standard Model with Four Families (A Datta & E A Paschos)CP Effects When Neutrinos are their Own Antiparticles (B Kayser)On Spontaneous CP Violation Triggered by Scalar Bosons (I I Bigi & A I Sanda)CP Violation and Left-Right Symmetry (R N Mohapatra)CP Violation and Supersymmetry (R N Mohapatra)Electric Dipole Moments (S M Barr & W H Marciano)Special Topics: The Strong CP Problem (R D Peccei)CP Violation and Cosmology (P Langacker)Nonleptonic Interactions:The 1/N Approach to Nonleptonic Weak Interactions (A J Buras)Chiral Perturbation Theory Approach to Weak Amplitudes (E de Rafael)What We Learnt from Weak Decays of Heavy Quarks (B Stech)Weak Hamiltonian on the Lattice (G Martinelli) Readership: High energy physicists. Keywords:CP Violation;Quark Mixing Matrix;Charm Decays;B Decays;Nonleptic Interactions;Heavy QuarksReview: “Similar material is most often available in journals, but the book accomplishes a valuable service in drawing it together … the one that will probably have the greatest utility and longest lifespan is the survey of B meson physics by I Bigi, V Khoze, N Uraltsev and A Sanda … Bigi et al. here provide the most thorough and readable account of the issues that I know of. I have seen no review comparable to the excellent summary of electric dipole moments by S Barr and W Marciano … the volume offers a generally readable entry into this field for a reader who has a basic background in particle physics.” John F Donoghue Science “… this book performs a very useful service for anyone active or interested in CP violation, both as a source of primary information and as a work of reference.” K J Peach J Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys.

Author : John F Donoghue
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 798 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1995-06-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814549141

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Cp Violation And The Limits Of The Standard Model - Proceedings Of The 1994 Theoretical Advanced Study Institute In Elementary Particle Physics (Tasi-94) by John F Donoghue Pdf

TASI is the premier U.S. summer school in theoretical elementary particle physics. This volume is a collection of lectures given at TASI 1994. These lectures provide an overview of many basic topics in the field, as well as specific discussions of the theme of this year's course, which involved the frontiers of the present Standard Model. The volume should be extremely useful to students and young researchers as it provides pedagogical presentations of important topics.

Author : Amand Faessler
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781483278407

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Particle and Nuclear Physics by Amand Faessler Pdf

Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, Volume 26 covers the significant advances in understanding the fundamentals of particle and nuclear physics. This volume is divided into four chapters, and begins with a brief overview of the various possible ideas beyond the standard model, the problem they address and their experimental tests. The next chapter deals with the basic physics of neutrino mass based on from a gauge theoretic point of view. This chapter considers the various extensions of the standard electroweak theory, along with their implications for neutrino physics. The discussion then shifts to the principles of slow neutrons and their fundamental interactions, as well as some slow neutron experiments. The final chapter surveys the role of strangeness in the context of dense hadronic matter, including strangeness as a probe of the dynamics of relativistic heavy ion collisions and its importance in astrophysics. This book will prove useful to physicists and allied scientists.

Author : Thomas E Browder,Frederick A Harris,Sandip Pakvasa
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1998-04-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814602761

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B Physics And Cp Violation: Proceedings Of The 2nd International Conference by Thomas E Browder,Frederick A Harris,Sandip Pakvasa Pdf

CP violation is one of the most subtle effects in the Standard Model of particle physics and may be the first clue to the physics that lies beyond. Charge conjugation, C, and parity, P, are symmetries of particle interactions. C corresponds to the operation of replacing a particle by its antiparticle, while P is the operation of mirror reflection. Before 1956, it was believed that these were also symmetries of the interactions of elementary particles. In 1956, C S Wu found evidence for P violation in the weak interaction. Theorists proposed that the combination of CP would be a symmetry of the weak interaction. In 1964, Christenson, Cronin, Fitch and Turlay found the first evidence for the violation of CP symmetry in the decays of kaons.Although Kobayashi and Maskawa then showed how the Standard Model can accommodate the observed CP violation, Wolfenstein pointed out that it is also possible that there is a new interaction in addition to the usual four, called the superweak interaction, which is responsible for the asymmetry. To test this idea, the observation of a different type of asymmetry, called direct CP violation, is required; in the kaon sector, very precise measurements of the ratio of kaon decay rates are necessary. In B decay modes where a second order weak process whimisically named “penguin” interferes with another suppressed, first order “tree” amplitude, it may also be possible to observe these direct CP-violating effects.B physics and CP violation is now one of the major growth areas in high energy physics. Nearly every major high energy physics laboratory now has a project underway to observe the large CP asymmetries expected in the B sector and to test the consistency of the Standard Model. The unitarity of the Kobayashi-Maskawa mixing matrix in the Standard Model implies the existence of three phases, called alpha, beta and gamma, which can be determined by the measurements of CP asymmetries in B decays. About 200 participants gathered in Hawaii in March 1997 to discuss the progress in the field, and this important book constitutes the proceedings of that conference.

Author : A. Astbury
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789812566317

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Fundamental Interactions by A. Astbury Pdf

This proceedings volume contains pedagogical lectures on theoretical and experimental particle physics, cosmology and atomic trap physics. It also includes additional contributions that provide up-to-date information on new experimental results from accelerators, underground laboratories, and nuclear astrophysics. This combination of pedagogical talks and topical short talks provides comprehensive information to researchers in the fields of particle physics, cosmology and atomic trap physics. Readership: Graduate students, researchers and academics in high energy physics, particle physics and astrophysics.