[Triumf-seminars] TRIUMF Seminar today at 14:00

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Date/Time: Thu 2006-12-14 at 14:00

Location:  Auditorium          

Speaker:   Adam Ritz (University of Victoria)

Title:     Probing new CP-odd thresholds with electric dipole moments

Abstract: Electric dipole moments (EDMs) of nucleons, atoms and molecules, represent one of our most powerful probes of new physics, and new sources of CP-violation in particular. I will review the status of the theoretical link between observable EDMs and new high-scale CP-odd sources, within the model-independent framework of effective field theory, and also the ensuing sensitivity to models of 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.

Stimulants available 15 minutes before the talk.

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