Simplified models with baryon number violation but no proton decay
Jonathan M. Arnold, Bartosz Fornal, Mark B. Wise
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Jonathan M. Arnold, Bartosz Fornal, Mark B. Wise
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We enumerate the simplest models that have baryon number violation at the classical level but do not give rise to proton decay. These models have scalar fields in two representations of $SU(3)\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}SU(2)\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}U(1)$ and violate baryon number by two units. Some of the models give rise to $n\overline{n}$ (neutron-antineutron) oscillations, while some also violate lepton number by two units. We discuss the range of scalar masses for which $n\overline{n}$ oscillations are measurable in the next generation of experiments. We give a brief overview of the phenomenology of these models and then focus on one of them for a more quantitative discussion of $n\overline{n}$ oscillations, the generation of the cosmological baryon number, the electric dipole moment of the neutron, and ${K}^{0}\mathrm{\text{\ensuremath{-}}}{\overline{K}}^{0}$ mixing.
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We enumerate the simplest models that have baryon number violation at the classical level but do not give rise to proton decay. These models have scalar fields in two representations of $SU(3)\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}SU(2)\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}U(1)$ and violate baryon number by two units. Some of the models give rise to $n\overline{n}$ (neutron-antineutron) oscillations, while some also violate lepton number by two units. We discuss the range of scalar masses for which $n\overline{n}$ oscillations are measurable in the next generation of experiments. We give a brief overview of the phenomenology of these models and then focus on one of them for a more quantitative discussion of $n\overline{n}$ oscillations, the generation of the cosmological baryon number, the electric dipole moment of the neutron, and ${K}^{0}\mathrm{\text{\ensuremath{-}}}{\overline{K}}^{0}$ mixing.
Key concepts: Proton decay, Physics, Baryon number, Particle physics, Nuclear physics, Baryon, Proton, Supersymmetry