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We present a complete and independent list of the dimension 9 operator basis in the Standard Model effective field theory by an automatic algorithm based on the amplitude-operator correspondence. A complete basis (y-basis) is first…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-07-28 Hao-Lin Li , Zhe Ren , Ming-Lei Xiao , Jiang-Hao Yu , Yu-Hui Zheng

In this article we consider the Standard Model extended by a number of (light) right-handed neutrinos, and assume the presence of some heavy physics that cannot be directly produced, but can be probed by its low-energy effective…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-09-28 Subhaditya Bhattacharya , José Wudka

We revisit the effective field theory of the standard model that is extended with sterile neutrinos, $N$. We examine the basis of complete and independent effective operators involving $N$ up to mass dimension seven (dim-7). By employing…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-07-19 Yi Liao , Xiao-Dong Ma

We prove in this paper that the electro-weak SU(4)L x U(1)X gauge models with spontaneous symmetry breaking can offer a natural framework for generating neutrino masses by simply exploiting the tree level realization of dimension-five…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-03 Adrian Palcu

At energies below the electroweak scale, baryon number $B$ and lepton number $L$ violating processes are of significant importance in identifying the nature of UV extensions of the Standard Model. The imprint of UV theories on low-energy…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-10-15 Joydeep Chakrabortty , Suraj Prakash , Shakeel Ur Rahaman , Michael Spannowsky

We study dimension-eight effects in the Standard Model Effective Field Theory extended by right-handed neutrinos ($\nu$SMEFT). Using the Hilbert series formalism, we derive the complete basis of dimension-eight operators and confirm…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-02-04 Manimala Mitra , Shakeel Ur Rahaman , Subham Saha , Michael Spannowsky

In this work we investigate the implication of low-energy precision measurements on the quark-lepton charged currents in general neutrino interactions with sterile neutrinos in effective field theories. The physics in low-energy…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-12-02 Tong Li , Xiao-Dong Ma , Michael A. Schmidt

Baryon number-violating processes arise generically in many extensions of the Standard Model, with Grand Unified Theories providing the most compelling realizations. Ongoing experimental searches at JUNO, Hyper-K, and DUNE motivate a more…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-03-13 Chuan-Qiang Song , Jiang-Hao Yu

We investigate the impact of effective interactions of dimension-8 (dim-8) operators in the standard model effective field theory (SMEFT) on neutral meson mixing, focusing on the $K^0-\bar K^0$, $B_{d,s}-\bar B_{d,s}$, and $D^0-\bar D^0$…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-03-11 Yi Liao , Xiao-Dong Ma , Hao-Lin Wang

We perform a model-independent analysis of the magnetic and electric dipole moments of the muon and electron. We give expressions for the dipole moments in terms of operator coefficients of the low-energy effective field theory (LEFT) and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-11-12 Jason Aebischer , Wouter Dekens , Elizabeth E. Jenkins , Aneesh V. Manohar , Dipan Sengupta , Peter Stoffer

We compile information from low-energy observables sensitive to flavor-conserving 4-fermion operators with two or four leptons. Our analysis includes data from e+e- colliders, neutrino scattering on electron or nucleon targets, atomic…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-09-13 Adam Falkowski , Martín González-Alonso , Kin Mimouni

The low-energy effective field theory is constructed by integrating out Standard Model states with masses proximate to the electroweak scale. We report the equations of motion for this theory, including corrections due to higher dimensional…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-07-10 Andreas Helset , Michael Trott

We study non-standard top quark couplings in the effective field theory approach. All nine dimension-six operators that generate anomalous couplings between the electroweak gauge bosons and the third-generation quarks are included. We…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-04 Cen Zhang , Nicolas Greiner , Scott Willenbrock

We discuss the possibilities of distinguishing among different mechanisms of neutrinoless double beta decay arising in the effective field theory framework. Following the review and detailed investigation of the particular ways of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-08-31 Lukáš Gráf , Manfred Lindner , Oliver Scholer

We derive bounds on nine dimension-six operators involving electroweak gauge bosons and the Higgs boson from precision electroweak data. Four of these operators contribute at tree level, and five contribute only at one loop. Using the full…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-07-24 Harrison Mebane , Nicolas Greiner , Cen Zhang , Scott Willenbrock

The existence of right-handed neutrinos, or heavy neutral leptons (HNLs), is strongly motivated by the observation of neutrino masses and mixing. The mass of these new particles could lie below the electroweak scale, making them accessible…

A discovery of neutrinoless double-$\beta$ decay would be profound, providing the first direct experimental evidence of $\Delta L=2$ lepton number violating processes. While a natural explanation is provided by an effective Majorana…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-09-13 Michael L. Graesser

We examine new aspects of leptoquark (LQ) phenomenology using effective field theory (EFT). We construct a complete set of leading effective operators involving SU(2) singlets scalar LQ and the SM fields up to dimension six. We show that,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-10-14 Shaouly Bar-Shalom , Jonathan Cohen , Amarjit Soni , Jose Wudka

We present a complete and non-redundant basis of effective operators for the Standard Model Effective Field Theory up to mass dimension 12 with three generations of fermions. We also include operators coupling to gravity via the Weyl…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-09-29 R. V. Harlander , T. Kempkens , M. C. Schaaf

We discuss the phenomenology of the most general effective Lagrangian, up to operators of dimension 5, build with standard model fields and interactions including right-handed neutrinos. In particular we find there is a dimension 5…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-08-13 Alberto Aparici , Kyungwook Kim , Arcadi Santamaria , Jose Wudka