Leading order one-loop CP and P violating effective action in the Standard Model

The fermions of the Standard Model are integrated out to obtain the effective Lagrangian in the sector violating P and CP at zero temperature. We confirm that no contributions arise for operators of dimension six or less and show that the leading operators are of dimension eight. To assert this we e...

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Published in:Physics letters. B 2011-06, Vol.700 (5), p.331-335
Main Author: Salcedo, L.L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
CKM matrix
Computation
CP violation
Elementary particles
Exact sciences and technology
Fermions
Gluons
Infrared
Neutrinos
Nuclear physics
Operators
Physics
Standard Model
The physics of elementary particles and fields
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Summary:The fermions of the Standard Model are integrated out to obtain the effective Lagrangian in the sector violating P and CP at zero temperature. We confirm that no contributions arise for operators of dimension six or less and show that the leading operators are of dimension eight. To assert this we explicitly compute one such non-vanishing contribution, namely, that with three Z0, two W+ and two W−. Terms involving just gluons and Wʼs are also considered, however, they turn out to vanish in the P-odd sector to eighth order. The analogous gluonic term in the CP-odd and P-even (C-odd) sector is non-vanishing and it is also computed. The expressions derived apply directly to massive Dirac neutrinos. All CP-violating results display the infrared enhancement already found at dimension six.
ISSN:0370-2693
1873-2445
DOI:10.1016/j.physletb.2011.05.016