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Neutron-Antineutron Transitions: Exploring B – L Violation With Quarks, Xinshuai Yan
Neutron-Antineutron Transitions: Exploring B – L Violation With Quarks, Xinshuai Yan
Theses and Dissertations--Physics and Astronomy
In the Standard Model (SM), the quantity baryon number (B) − lepton number (L), B − L, is perfectly conserved. Therefore, the observation of B − L violation would reveal the existence of physics beyond the SM. Traditionally, given the severe experimental constraints on |∆B| = 1 processes, B − L violation with baryons is probed via neutron-antineutron (n − n̄) oscillations, although this process suffers from quenching in the presence of external fields or matter.
In this dissertation, we discuss another possibility, n − n̄ conversion, in which the |∆ …