Searches for baryon number violation in neutrino experiments: a white paper

Authors

P. S.B. Dev, McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences
L. W. Koerner, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
S. Saad, Universität Basel
S. Antusch, Universität Basel
M. Askins, University of California, Berkeley
K. S. Babu, Oklahoma State University
J. L. Barrow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
J. Chakrabortty, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
A. de Gouvêa, Northwestern University
Z. Djurcic, Argonne National Laboratory
S. Girmohanta, Stony Brook University
I. Gogoladze, University of Delaware
M. C. Goodman, Argonne National Laboratory
A. Higuera, Rice University
D. Kalra, Columbia University
G. Karagiorgi, Columbia University
E. Kearns, College of Arts & Sciences
V. A. Kudryavtsev, The University of Sheffield
T. Kutter, Louisiana State University
M. Malinský, Charles University
D. A. Martinez Caicedo, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
R. N. Mohapatra, College of Computer, Mathematical, & Natural Sciences
P. Nath, Northeastern University
S. Nussinov, Tel Aviv University
J. P. Ochoa-Ricoux, University of California, Irvine
V. Pec, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
A. Rafique, Argonne National Laboratory
J. Rodriguez Rondon, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
R. Shrock, Stony Brook University
H. W. Sobel, University of California, Irvine
T. Stokes, Louisiana State University
M. Strait, College of Science and Engineering
R. Svoboda, University of California, Davis

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-1-2024

Abstract

Baryon number conservation is not guaranteed by any fundamental symmetry within the standard model, and therefore has been a subject of experimental and theoretical scrutiny for decades. So far, no evidence for baryon number violation has been observed. Large underground detectors have long been used for both neutrino detection and searches for baryon number violating processes. The next generation of large neutrino detectors will seek to improve upon the limits set by past and current experiments and will cover a range of lifetimes predicted by several Grand Unified Theories. In this White Paper, we summarize theoretical motivations and experimental aspects of searches for baryon number violation in neutrino experiments.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Journal of Physics G Nuclear and Particle Physics

Recommended Citation

Dev, P., Koerner, L., Saad, S., Antusch, S., Askins, M., Babu, K., Barrow, J., Chakrabortty, J., de Gouvêa, A., Djurcic, Z., Girmohanta, S., Gogoladze, I., Goodman, M., Higuera, A., Kalra, D., Karagiorgi, G., Kearns, E., Kudryavtsev, V., Kutter, T., Malinský, M., Martinez Caicedo, D., Mohapatra, R., Nath, P., Nussinov, S., Ochoa-Ricoux, J., Pec, V., Rafique, A., Rodriguez Rondon, J., Shrock, R., Sobel, H., Stokes, T., Strait, M., & Svoboda, R. (2024). Searches for baryon number violation in neutrino experiments: a white paper. Journal of Physics G Nuclear and Particle Physics, 51 (3) https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6471/ad1658