Baryon number violation: from nuclear matrix elements to BSM physics

  • Leah J. Broussard
  • , Andreas Crivellin
  • , Martin Hoferichter
  • , Sergey Syritsyn
  • , Yasumichi Aoki
  • , Joshua L. Barrow
  • , Arnau Bas i Beneito
  • , Zurab Berezhiani
  • , Nicola Fulvio Calabria
  • , Svjetlana Fajfer
  • , Susan Gardner
  • , Julian Heeck
  • , Cailian Jiang
  • , Luca Naterop
  • , Alexey A. Petrov
  • , Robert Shrock
  • , Adrian Thompson
  • , Ubirajara van Kolck
  • , Michael L. Wagman
  • , Linyan Wan
  • John Womersley, Jun Sik Yoo

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Abstract

Processes that violate baryon number, most notably proton decay and nn¯ transitions, are promising probes of physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM) needed to understand the lack of antimatter in the Universe. To interpret current and forthcoming experimental limits, theory input from nuclear matrix elements to UV complete models enters. Thus, an interplay of experiment, effective field theory, lattice QCD, and BSM model building is required to develop strategies to accurately extract information from current and future data and maximize the impact and sensitivity of next-generation experiments. Here, we briefly summarize the main results and discussions from the workshop ‘INT-25-91W: Baryon Number Violation: From Nuclear Matrix Elements to BSM Physics,’ held at the Institute for Nuclear Theory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 13–17 January 2025.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number083001
JournalJournal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
Volume52
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 31 2025
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Baryon number violation
  • effective field theory
  • lattice QCD
  • neutron-antineutron oscillation
  • nuclear matrix elements
  • proton decay

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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