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Electric Dipole Moments And Polarizability In The Quark-Diquark Model Of The Neutron, Y. N. Srivastava, A. Widom, J. Swain, O. Panella Feb 2011

Electric Dipole Moments And Polarizability In The Quark-Diquark Model Of The Neutron, Y. N. Srivastava, A. Widom, J. Swain, O. Panella

John Swain

For a bound state internal wave function respecting parity symmetry, it can be rigorously argued that the mean electric dipole moment must be strictly zero. Thus, both the neutron, viewed as a bound state of three quarks, and the water molecule, viewed as a bound state of ten electrons two protons and an oxygen nucleus, both have zero mean electric dipole moments. Yet, the water molecule is said to have a nonzero dipole moment strength $d=e\Lambda $ with $\Lambda_{H_2O} \approx 0.385\ \dot{A}$. The neutron may also be said to have an electric dipole moment strength with $\Lambda_{neutron} \approx 0.612\ fm$. …


Effects Of Anomalous Charged Current Dipole Moments Of The Tau On The Decay $\Tau^-\To\Nu_\Tau\Pi^-\Pi^0$, Maria-Teresa Dova, Pablo Lacentre, John Swain, Lucas Taylor Feb 2011

Effects Of Anomalous Charged Current Dipole Moments Of The Tau On The Decay $\Tau^-\To\Nu_\Tau\Pi^-\Pi^0$, Maria-Teresa Dova, Pablo Lacentre, John Swain, Lucas Taylor

John Swain

We analyse the process $\tau^-\to\nu_\tau\pi^-\pi^0$ allowing for anomalous weak charged current magnetic and electric dipole moment interactions and determine the effects on the differential and total decay rates. Using recent experimental data we determine the following values for the anomalous magnetic and electric dipole moment parameters, respectively: $\kappa = 0.16 \pm 0.08; and |\tilde\kappa| = 0.88^{+0.25}_{-0.35}.$