Lecture 10
Lecture 10
PARTICLE
PHYSICS
:: weak interaction | W
Prof. N. Leonardo
Standard Model = Gauge theory
with symmetry group:
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Calculus of (QED) processes: a summary
traces of γ matrices
m→0
CoM
Standard Model gauge symmetry group:
• QCD
‣ SU(3), 8 group generators
‣ has 8 gauge bosons: the gluons
‣ the gluons are massless and carry color (non-abelian), self-interact
• Weak
‣ SU(2), 3 group generators
‣ has 3 gauge bosons: leading to the W± and Z0
‣ the week bosons are massive and carry weak charges, self-interact
‣ it does stranger things eg it couples different (families of) particles
‣ and (unlike QED and QCD) it violates parity symmetry
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gauge principle, revisited
the gauge principle (a summary)
• QED arises from U(1) local phase transformations
→ → →
• …
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the gauge principle (a summary)
• QED arises from U(1) local phase transformations
→ → →
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SU(2): the weak interaction
• the gauge symmetry speci es the form of the interaction
‣ one term for each of the 3 generators of SU(2)
→
• charged current W+/W- interaction
‣ linear combination of W1, W2
• the W± interaction current terms
• with e.g.
W+ W- W3
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so, all similar enough…
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Fermi theory
4-point interaction
• the weak interaction in nature arises
from the decay
‣ all fermions feel the weak interaction
‣ when present, strong and e.m. dominate analogy with QED
‣ neutrinos feel only the weak interaction
• 4-point interaction model
‣ based on the model of e.m. interaction
‣ proposed by Fermi with strength GF
• charged current
4-point model
‣ hadronic/leptonic currents change charge by1
• vector current
‣ in analogy with QED:
• most general form for 4-point interaction
→
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→ 1
Bilinear covariants
• Lorentz Invariance of the matrix element severely restricts the
form of the vertices of any possible interaction
• there are only 5 possible combinations of two spinors and gamma
matrices that form LI currents: bilinear co-variants
type form # components # ɣ-matrices spin
SCALAR 1 0 0
PSEUDOSCALAR 1 4 0
VECTOR 4 1 1
AXIAL VECTOR 4 3 1
TENSOR 6 2 2
‣ just as any 2x2 complex matrix can be written in terms of {1, σi}
‣ the set {1,ɣ5,ɣμ, ɣμɣ5,σμν≣ɣμɣν-ɣνɣμ} of 16 matrices forms a basis for the
space of 4x4 complex matrices
• the most general form of the 4-point weak interaction
operators Oi, Oj of form S,P,V,A,T
coe cients Cij
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V-A parity violation + spin-1
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‣ with the corresponding matrix element
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parity
Intrinsic parity of Dirac particles
• for a spinor, parity transformation
• is achieved with
pre-multiplying DE with ɣ0
using x’=-x
and
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scalars and vectors under parity
Scalars and vectors present di erent
behaviours under the parity operation
• position vector
• vectors transform as the coordinates
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Parity conservation in QED and QCD
• consider the QED process e-q→e-q e– e–
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• check the components of the transformed 4-vector current
0: since
k=1,2,3: since
• Experimentally:
‣ Wu et al studied beta decay of
polarised cobalt-60 nuclei
‣ electrons emitted preferentially in
direction opposite to applied eld
more e- in wrt
• can thus conclude that
‣ Parity is violated in weak interaction If parity were conserved:
‣ weak interaction vertex cannot be expect equal rate for producing e– in directions
along and opposite to the nuclear spin.
‣ weak current ≠ But observed different rate.
Thus parity is not conserved in the process.
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V-A
V-A structure of the weak interaction
• the most general form for the interaction between a fermion and
a boson is a linear combination of bilinear covariants
• for an interaction corresponding to the exchange of a spin-1
particle, should be linear combination of vector and axial-vector
• the form for weak interaction is determined from experiment
e–
‣ Vector - Axial-vector νe
V – A
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• pure vector and pure axial-vector transform in opposite ways
axial-vector
vector
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• consider a general combination of vector and axial-vector
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helicity structure in weak interaction
chiral structure in QED (reminder)
• introduced the chiral projection operators
RIGHT-HANDED ANTI-PARTICLES
Helicity = +1
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• in ultra-relativistic limit only left-handed particles and right-handed
anti-particles participate in the charged current weak interaction
‣ eg in this limit, the only possible electron-neutrino interactions are
e– νe
νe e+ νe
e–
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pion decay ?
Pion parity:
Determined experimentally from pion capture by deuteron;
spin S: 0+1→1/2+1/2
ang. mom. L : 0→1 →
q l
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helicity in weak interaction: pion decay
• consider the decay of charged pions
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helicity in weak interaction: pion decay
• consider the decay of charged pions
experimentally measure:
‣ could have expected decay to electron to dominate, given larger phase space…
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helicity in weak interaction: pion decay
• consider the decay of charged pions
experimentally measure:
‣ could have expected decay to electron to dominate, given larger phase space…
➝0
in the limit
• hence
• in the limit (RH) chiral and helicity eigenstates are the same
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• although only LH chiral particles participate in the weak interaction,
the contribution from RH helicity states is not necessary zero
• back to our pion decay
mν ≈ 0: mμ ≠ 0: RH Helicity has
RH Helicity ≡ RH Chiral LH Chiral component
‣ hence, as electron mass is much smaller than pion (and muon) mass,
the decay . is heavily suppressed
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weak (charged) currents & propagator
SU(2)L: weak charged current
• the weak wave functions have 2 components (ie 2 spinors)
‣ in analogy with isospin, are represented by weak isospin
• fermions are placed in isospin doublets, eg:
• CC weak interaction only couples to LH particles (RH antiparticles)
‣ hence only LH particles (RH antiparticles) in weak doublets:
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the weak charged current propagator
• the (charged current) propagator is different from QED and QCD
in that it is mediated by massive W bosons (~80.3 GeV)
• this results in a more complicated form of the propagator
‣ denominator: ; need to consider polarisation in numerator
• W± boson propagator
spin 1 W±
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strength of weak interaction
• comparing 4-point amplitude
• with W-mediated amplitude
• which in the limit becomes
• hence ➥ Still usually use to express
strength of weak interaction
• can relate partial decay width to total decay width and so lifetime
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Lepton Flavour Universality (LFU)
• predict for μ,τ lifetimes:
• using measured values
• and similarly
• indicating the weak charged current is same for all lepton vertices
• propagator in limit
• Feynman rules give
⟵ taking LFU
• consider limit where muon and quark masses can be neglected
‣ in this limit hecility states are equivalent to chiral states
for and
☚ in ultra-relativistic limit
only LH particle states
participate in weak interaction
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• the matrix element can be evaluated, going to νμ-p CoM frame
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• in alternative use the relevant helicity current expressions
• to obtain
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• in alternative use the relevant helicity current expressions
from
Lecture 9
• to obtain
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cross section
• for computing the cross section
‣ 2-body decay, relativistic limit
• as always need to sum/average over possible helicities
‣ here only 1 possible spin combination (LL➝LL)
‣ only 2 possible initial state combinations (neutrino is always LH)
• yielding the spin-averaged ME squared
☚ factor of 2: half of the time the quark will be
in a RH state and won’t participate in the
charged current weak interaction
• the differential cross section
• angular dependence
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antineutrino-quark scattering
• consider fermion-antifermion scattering
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summary
• considering all (anti)neutrino-(anti)quark scattering combinations
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weak interaction of quarks
Cabibbo hypothesis
• few issues found on the quark sector
‣ slightly different values of GF
‣ found for μ-decay and β-decay
• certain hadron decays found to be suppressed
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GIM mechanism
• if weak interaction couples u to both d and s, decay is allowed:
d
s ‣historically, the observed branching
was much smaller than predicted
‣ led GIM (Glashow, Illiopoulos, Maiani) to postulate 4th quark (charm, 1974)
d
s
• hence expect
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CKM matrix
• extend ideas to 3 quark avors
‣ CKM (Cabibbo, Kobayashi, Maskawa) matrix
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Feynman rules
• Depending on the order of the interaction, or ,
the CKM matrix enters as either or
•Writing the interaction in terms of the weak eigenstates note: u is the
adjoint spinor not
the anti-up quark
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• hence, when the down-type (-1/3) quark enters as the adjoint
spinor, the complex conjugate of the CKM matrix is used
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CKM from quark masses and mixing
• fermion mass terms are generated from Yukawa interaction and Higgs mechanism
the Higgs
• the mass terms for up- and down-type quarks have the form
• the mass matrices - mu, md - are not diagonal; may be diagonalized (w/ unitary matrices L,R)
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N. Leonardo avor physics & rare decays
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Flavour-changing interactions = charged current
B meson mixing
• Thomson
‣ chapter 11, 12 Next time
Thomson chapter 15, 14
• Grif ths
‣ chapter 10
• Barr et al
‣ chapter 7
• Romão
‣ chapter 7
• Angelis&Pimenta
‣ chapter 6
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the CKM matrix
quark mixing [CKM]
CKM
+O(λ4)
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quarks vs leptons
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CKM unitarity constraints
6 ➡ unitarity triangles
B meson mixing
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neutral kaon mixing
• the weak interaction allows for mixing of neutral hadrons
• the relevant box diagrams in the kaon system
d s d s
s d s d
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B meson mixing
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meson mixing: quantum mechanics
• allowing for a avor-changing perturbation (ΔF) in the hamiltonian
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Bs mixing
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CKM t
today &
tomorrow
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Precision measurements ➥ constrain SM
Discrete spacetime symmetries
Symmetries
• symmetries play a central role in particle physics
• this is the case also of discrete symmetries: C, P, T
‣ here we’ll de ne and introduce these symmetries
‣ and derive the corresponding operators for spinors
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charge conjugation
Charge conjugation
• charge conjugation C transforms particles into anti-particles
‣ leaving unchanged the coordinates and spin
‣ changes the additive numbers, like charge, baryon number etc
• ➡ eigenvalues are ±1 (discrete)
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Charge conjugation for spinors
• the Dirac equation including interaction with the e.m. eld
‣ with the covariant derivative →
‣ is
• taking the complex conjugate and pre-multiplying by
➡
• de ning ➡
ψ’ has same mass
• conclude particle spinor anti-particle spinor but opposite charge
• wave function ➡
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Intrinsic parity of Dirac particles
• for a spinor, parity transformation
• is achieved with
pre-multiplying DE with ɣ0
using x’=-x
and
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scalars and vectors under parity
Scalars and vectors present di erent
behaviours under the parity operation
• position vector
• vectors transform as the coordinates
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JPC of hadrons
• hadron identity listed in terms J=L+S scalar JP=0+
pseudoscalar JP=0-
and parity and charge
vector JP=1-
• mesons pseudovector JP=1+
‣ q and q have opposite parity, so meson in
ground state has P=-1; excited states (-1)L
• baryons
‣ cannot be own antiparticles, C unde ned
• examples:
⍴0→π+π- allowed?
JPC(π0)
⍴0 has L=0,J=S=1 → P=-1,C=-1 → JPC=1- -
ground state (L=S=J=0),
ππ pair has intrinsic parity = (-1)π(-1)π=+1, J(π)=0
P=-1, C=+1→JPC=0-+
if produced in L=1 → conserves J, P, C
JPC(K+)
⍴0→π0π0 allowed?
ground state (L=S=J=0),
P=-1, C unde ned→JP=0- decay is forbidden by charge violation (strong or e.m.)
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CP & CPT
CP violation
• although C and P are not symmetry of the weak interaction, it is veri ed
that the product CP is almost a symmetry of the weak interaction (eg
neutrinos with negative helicity do exist in nature)
• historically:
‣ in 1964, it was found that there is a small violation of CP in the KK0 system
‣ in 2001, this was found also by Belle and Babar, in B system
‣ in 2019, CPV was found in the neutral D system
‣ studies to be extended to the neutrino sector
• CP is an essential aspect for our understanding of the universe
‣ CP violation necessary ingredient for generating baryon asymmetry
CPT
• in QFT, CPT ought to be observed
• experimentally, this is also (therefore) actively probed (e.g. via
electron dipole moments of electron or neutron)
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P, T, CPT
P, space inversion T, time inversion
PCT
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