Best values for the CP-odd meson–nucleon couplings from supersymmetry

In the supersymmetric models, the dominant sources of the hadronic flavor-diagonal CP violation at low energy are the theta term and the chromoelectric dipole moments of quarks. Using QCD sum rules, we estimate the preferred range and the best values for the CP-odd meson–nucleon coupling constants induced by these operators. When the theta term is removed by the axion mechanism, the size of the most important isospin triplet pion–nucleon coupling is estimated to be , where chromoelectric dipole moments are given in units of 10⁻²⁶ cm.     

Variations on the deuteron theme

Several problems concerning the deuteron and having simple analytic solutions are considered. The relation between the electric quadrupole moment of the deuteron and the np scattering amplitude is established. The degree of the circular polarization of the photon emitted in the radiative capture of longitudinally polarized thermal neutrons is found. The anapole, electric dipole, and magnetic quadrupole moments of the deuteron are calculated.     

Neutrino disintegration of deuteron and electromagnetic form factos of neutrinos

We consider disintegration of deuteron by low energy neutrinos or antineutrinos due to their electromagnetic form factors. Effects of magnetic or electric dipole moments, electric charge radii and anapole moments of neutrinos are taken into account.     

Charged-lepton flavour physics

This write-up on a talk at the 2011 Lepton?CPhoton symposium in Mumbai, India, summarizes recent results in the charged-lepton flavour sector. Searches for charged-lepton flavour violation, lepton electric dipole moments and flavour-conserving CP violation are reviewed here. Recent progress in ??-lepton physics and in the Standard Model prediction of the muon anomalous magnetic moment is also discussed.     

The deuteron and its magnetic moment the effects of non-local nuclear forces and of unitary transformations

The deuteron theory is renewed and completed for non-local Hamiltonians. A method to calculate deuteron wave functions is given. The formula for the current density and the magnetic dipole moment of a non-local potential is derived, and applied to the GCT, GT, and HJ-potential. The effects of a unitary transformation on the deuteron data — electric quadrupole moment, magnetic dipole moment, and radius — are shown. For the numerical calculations the Ristig-Kistler transformation and the HJ-potential were used. It is shown that an overall fit cannot be reached.     

Schiff moment of the mercury nucleus and the proton dipole moment

We calculated the contribution of internal nucleon electric dipole moments to the Schiff moment of (199) Hg. The contribution of the proton electric dipole moment was obtained via core polarization effects that were treated in the framework of random phase approximation with effective residual forces. We derived a new upper bound |d(p)|<5.4 x 10(-24)e cm of the proton electric dipole moment.     

Relativistic expressions for current electric moments of nuclei

Relativistic expressions for the operators of current electric moments caused by electromagnetic spin-orbit interaction are obtained. Formulas for the matrix elements of the current electric moments of nuclei are derived. The contributions of the current electric moments to the quadrupole moment of the deuteron and to its root-mean-square radius are calculated with allowance for relativistic effects.     

Electric dipole moment of Dirac fermionic dark matter

The direct limit of electric dipole moment and direct searches for dark matter by electric dipole interaction are investigated with including the electromagnetic nuclear form factor, in case that the dark matter candidate is a Dirac particle. The electric dipole moment of dark matter constrained by direct searches must be lower than 7×¹⁰−22e cm for dark matter mass of 100 GeV to satisfy the current experimental exclusion limits at XENON10 and CDMS II. The CP violation of electric dipole moment and the dark matter discovery by electric dipole interaction in the future are considered.     

Magnetic moment generation from non-minimal couplings in a scenario with Lorentz-symmetry violation

This paper deals with situations that illustrate how the violation of Lorentz symmetry in the gauge sector may contribute to magnetic moment generation of massive neutral particles with spin- and spin-1. The procedure we adopt here is based on Relativistic Quantum Mechanics. We work out the non-relativistic regime that follows from the wave equation corresponding to a certain particle coupled to an external electromagnetic field and a background that accounts for the Lorentz-symmetry violation, and we thereby read off the magnetic dipole moment operator for the particle under consideration. We keep track of the parameters that govern the non-minimal electromagnetic coupling and the breaking of Lorentz symmetry in the expressions we get for the magnetic moments in the different cases we contemplate. Our claim is that the tiny magnetic dipole moment of truly-elementary neutral particles might signal Lorentz-symmetry violation.     

W-Boson Electric Dipole Moment Generated at the Two-Loop Level

We calculate the W-boson electric dipole moment in the Weinberg-Higgs model in which the Cp violation is mediated by charged Higgs boson exchange and compare our results with other works.     

The effective chiral Lagrangian from dimension-six parity and time-reversal violation

We classify the parity- and time-reversal-violating operators involving quark and gluon fields that have effective dimension six: the quark electric dipole moment, the quark and gluon chromo-electric dipole moments, and four four-quark operators. We construct the effective chiral Lagrangian with hadronic and electromagnetic interactions that originate from them, which serves as the basis for calculations of low-energy observables. The form of the effective interactions depends on the chiral properties of these operators. We develop a power-counting scheme and calculate within this scheme, as an example, the parity- and time-reversal-violating pion–nucleon form factor. We also discuss the electric dipole moments of the nucleon and light nuclei.     

Study of Top Quark FCNC

We study the one-loop contribution of the effective flavor changing neutral couplings (FCNC) tcZ on the charm quark electric dipole moment. Using the known limits on the top and charm quarks electric dipole moments, we place limits on these FCNC anomalous couplings.     

Dipole moments of molecules solvated in helium nanodroplets

Stark spectra are reported for hydrogen cyanide and cyanoacetylene solvated in helium nanodroplets. The goal of this study is to understand the influence of the helium solvent on measurements of the permanent electric dipole moment of a molecule. We find that the dipole moments of the helium solvated molecules, calculated assuming the electric field is the same as in vacuum, are slightly smaller than the well-known gas-phase dipole moments of HCN and HCCCN. A simple elliptical cavity model quantitatively accounts for this difference, which arises from the dipole-induced polarization of the helium.     

Strong CP in Heavy Quark Physics

We argue that strong CP phase should be shifted to b and t quark masses due to the requirement of vacuum stability. The strong CP problem in low energy sector thus disappears. We predict large CP violation in electric dipole moment of W and heavy quarks.     

Electric dipole moments of lithium atoms in Rydberg states

Recently, the diverse properties of Rydberg atoms, which probably arise from its large electric dipole moment(EDM),have been explored. In this paper, we report electric dipole moments along with Stark energies and charge densities of lithium Rydberg states in the presence of electric fields, calculated by matrix diagonalization. Huge electric dipole moments are discovered. In order to check the validity of the EDMs, we also use these electric dipole moments to calculate the Stark energies by numerical integration. The results agree with those calculated by matrix diagonalization.     

Electric dipole moments of charged leptons in the split fermion scenario in the two Higgs doublet model

We predict the charged lepton electric dipole moments in the split fermion scenario in the framework of the two Higgs doublet model. We observe that the numerical value of the muon (tau) electric dipole moment is of the order of the magnitude of 10^-22 e cm (10^-20 e cm) and there is an enhancement in the case of two extra dimensions, especially for the tau lepton electric dipole moment. Received: 15 July 2005, Published online: 6 October 2005     

Electric Dipole Moment of W-boson Through Neutral Higga-Boson Exchange

We compute the electric dipole moment generated at two-loop for the W-boson in the Weinberg-Higgs model in which the CP violation is mediated by neutral Higgs-boson exchange. We also compare our results with the others relative to the problem in the literature     

Electric dipole moment and chromoelectric dipole moment of the top quark inSU(3)C×SU(3)L×U(1)X model

We show that inSU(3) _C ×SU(3) _L ×U(1) _X model, the leading contribution to the electric and chromolelectric dipole moment of the top quark is due to the one-loop diagrams which come from exchanging the charged and neutral Higgs bosons. The dipole moments are typically of the order of 10^?19 e-cm and 10^?19 g-cm respectively, for the values of relative phases of the vev's such that CP violation is maximal. From an experimental point of view, theq ² dependence of dipole moment form factors is given.     

Measurement of the electric dipole moment of NO (X2 Π ν = 0,1) by mid-infrared laser magnetic resonance spectroscopy

A pair of parallel Stark plates are added to a CO laser magnetic resonance spectrometer to apply electric field in the absorption cell. This apparatus is used to measure the molecular electric dipole moment via Zeeman and Stark effects simultaneously. The saturated absorption spectra of NO (X²Π_3/2, ν = 1 ← 0) was observed and the electric dipole moments of NO were directly measured in the presence of an electric field. The dipole moments are determined as μ₀(ν = 0) = 0.1595(15) D, μ₁ (ν = 1) = 0.1425(16) D. The electric dipole moment of the vibrationally excited state (ν = 1) is determined for the first time. The dependence of the electric dipole moments on its nuclear distances is interpreted.     

Electron electric dipole moment induced by octet-colored scalars

An appended sector of two octet-colored scalars, each an electroweak doublet, is an interesting extension of the simple two Higgs doublet model motivated by the minimal flavor violation. Their rich CP violating interaction gives rise to a sizable electron electric dipole moment, besides the quark electric dipole moment via the two-loop contribution of Barr–Zee mechanism.