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Observable Neutron Antineutron Oscillation in High Scale Seesaw Models

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-11 v3 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

We discuss a realistic high scale (vBL1012v_{BL}\sim 10^{12} GeV) supersymmetric seesaw model based on the gauge group SU(2)L×SU(2)R×SU(4)cSU(2)_L\times SU(2)_R\times SU(4)_c where neutron-anti-neutron oscillation can occur at an observable rate. This is contrary to the naive dimensional arguments which say that τNNˉvBL5\tau_{N-\bar{N}}\propto v_{BL}^5 and is therefore unobservable if the seesaw scale vBL105v_{BL}\geq 10^{5} GeV. Two reasons for the enhanced rate in our model are: (i) accidental global symmetries which keep some of the diquark Higgs masses at the weak scale and (ii) a new supersymmetric contribution from a lower dimensional operator. The net result is that τNNˉvBL2vwk3\tau_{N-\bar{N}}\propto v_{BL}^2 v^3_{wk} rather than vBL5v^5_{BL}, causing the enhancement. The model can also explain the origin of matter via leptogenesis and is testable at LHC where the light diquark states can be produced.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0510291,
  title  = {Observable Neutron Antineutron Oscillation in High Scale Seesaw Models},
  author = {Bhaskar Dutta and Yukihiro Mimura and R. N. Mohapatra},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0510291},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

4 pages and one figure; minor changes; final result unchanged

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