5–7 May 2014
University of Pittsburgh
US/Eastern timezone

The Electroweak Vacuum Angle

5 May 2014, 17:00
15m
Benedum Hall G26 (University of Pittsburgh)

Benedum Hall G26

University of Pittsburgh

Speaker

Dr Hiren Patel (Max Planck Institute fur Kernphysik)

Description

I describe the electroweak vacuum angle (the SU(2) analog of the QCD vacuum angle), and discuss conditions under which it becomes a physical parameter. I explain how its CP-violating effect enters into low and high energy observables, and I highlight its potentially important role in baryogenesis. Talk based on arXiv:1402.6340 and ongoing work.

Primary author

Dr Hiren Patel (Max Planck Institute fur Kernphysik)

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