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Neutron-antineutron transition as a test-bed for dynamical CPT violations

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2016-06-29 v4

Abstract

We show a simple mechanism for a dynamical CPT violation in the neutron sector. In particular, we show a {\it CPT-violating see-saw mechanism}, generating a Majorana mass and a CPT violating mass for the neutron. CPT-violating see-saw involves a sterile partner of the neutron, living in a hidden sector, in which CPT is spontaneously broken. In particular, neutrons (antineutrons) can communicate with the hidden sector through non-perturbative quantum gravity effects called {\it exotic instantons}. Exotic instantons dynamically break R-parity, generating one effective vertex between the neutron and its sterile partner. In this way, we show how a small CPT violating mass term for the neutron is naturally generated. This model can be tested in the next generation of experiments in neutron-antineutron physics. This strongly motivates researches of CPT-violating effects in neutron-antineutron physics, as a test-bed for dynamical CPT-violations in SM.

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@article{arxiv.1505.02080,
  title  = {Neutron-antineutron transition as a test-bed for dynamical CPT violations},
  author = {Andrea Addazi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.02080},
  year   = {2016}
}

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More references. More comments about phenomenological aspects and model building

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