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Neutron-Antineutron Oscillation as a Signal of CP Violation

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-08-04 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Assuming the Lorentz and CPT invariances we show that neutron-antineutron oscillation implies breaking of CP along with baryon number violation -- i.e. two of Sakharov conditions for baryogenesis. The oscillation is produced by the unique operator in the effective Hamiltonian. This operator mixing neutron and antineutron preserves charge conjugation C and breaks P and T. External magnetic field always leads to suppression of oscillations. Its presence does not lead to any new operator mixing neutron and antineutron.

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@article{arxiv.1506.05096,
  title  = {Neutron-Antineutron Oscillation as a Signal of CP Violation},
  author = {Zurab Berezhiani and Arkady Vainshtein},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.05096},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

6 pages, 2 figures. More detailed argumentation is presented