Flavour in the era of the LHC, 4th meeting

Session

EDM and g-2 miniworkshop (VRVS: Virtual Room ROCK)

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9 Oct 2006, 09:00

CERN

1. Welcome/review of the Report plans for EDM/g-2

Dr Yannis Semertzidis (BNL)

09/10/2006, 09:00

0. The history of the neutron EDM

Norman Ramsey (Harvard)

09/10/2006, 09:15

Before 1950 all theorists believed P (parity symmetry) and that there consequently could be no EDM for any elementary particle. Ramsey and Purcell [PR 78, 807 (1950)] pointed out that there was no experimental evidence for P in the case of nuclear forces so it should be tested. They proposed a search for a neutron EDM or dn, as a test of P. The 1953 neutron beam experiment at...

2. Electric Dipole Moments as probes of new physics

Adam Ritz (Victoria/Canada)

09/10/2006, 10:05

A review of the effective theory treatment of CP-odd operators contributing to EDMs, and the ensuing sensitivity to new CP-violating physics. As examples, new dimension-five operators in the MSSM, and a new Higgs-sector threshold allowing for electroweak baryogenesis, will be discussed.

3. Review of the neutron EDMs (ILL and SNS)

P. Harris (Sussex)

09/10/2006, 11:15

This talk will review three neutron EDM experiments: First, the room-temperature experiment at ILL, the results of which have just been published; second, the CryoEDM experiment at ILL that is now nearing the completion of its construction, and which promises an improvement in sensitivity of two orders of magnitude; and third, for the longer term, the cryogenic experiment that is...

4. The neutron experiment at PSI plus the muon EDM prospects

K. Kirch (PSI)

09/10/2006, 12:10

Status and plans for the neutron EDM experiment at PSI are updated. The idea for a compact muon EDM experiment with a sensitivity of 5x10^(-23) e-cm will be briefly discussed.