Speaker
Susan Gardner
(University of Kentucky)
Description
The observation of the transformation of a neutron into an antineutron would reveal that B-L symmetry is broken and thus that dynamics beyond the Standard Model exists. Notably it would establish that neutrons can act as their own antiparticles, making the process a hadronic analog to neutrinoless double beta decay. I will discuss the role of spin, highlighting how external fields or sources can help mediate the effect.
