Non-unitarity of CKM matrix from the vector singlet quark mixing and neutron electric dipole moment

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8 May 2000

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

Abstract

In the standard model (SM) the lowest order contribution to the quark electric dipole moment (EDM) occurs at the three loop level. We show that the non-unitarity of the CKM matrix in models with an extended quark sector typically gives rise to a quark EDM at the two loop level which has no GIM-like suppression factors except the external quark mass. The induced neutron EDM is of order 10^{-29} {\rm e~cm} and can be well within the reach of the next generation of experiments if it is further enhanced by long distance physics as happens in the SM.

Keywords

ELECTRIC DIPOLE
STANDARD MODEL
DIPOLE MOMENT
QUARK MIXING
CKM MATRIX
UNITARITY
NEUTRON
EDM

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Version 1, 2000-05-08, ArXiv
Version 2, 2001-01-06, ArXiv
Published version: Physics Letters B, 503 (3-4), 301.

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