Physics Division Seminars bring us speakers on a variety of physics
related subjects. Usually these are held in the Building 6008
large Conference Room, at 3:00 pm on the chosen day, but times
and locations may vary.
For more information, contact our seminar
chairman,
Alfredo Galindo-Uribarri
Tel (Office): (865) 574-6124 (FAX): (865) 574-1268
If you should wish to subscribe to Email announcements of the Physics
Division Seminars, please send email to
"seminar-owner AT orph02 DOT phy DOT ornl DOT gov".
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include your name and postal address, as well as your public
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Interesting seminars on related topics are also available at the University of Tennessee Physics Department Colloquium Series.
Next Seminar:
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Non-standard charged current interactions: from beta decays to the LHC
Vincenzo Cirigliano Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos, NM3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, Building 6025, Large Conference Room; Refreshments at 2:40 p.m.
Contact: Alfredo Galindo-Uribarri, (uribarri@ornl.gov), 865.574.6124
Abstract:
The study of beta decays has historically played a central role in establishing what we now call the Standard Model of electroweak interactions. Nowadays, precision studies of semi-leptonic decays involving light quark flavors (u,d,s) can reveal signatures of non-standard interactions arising from broad classes of Standard Model extensions. In this talk I describe the status and prospects of precision low-energy tests involving beta decays and the interplay of these low-energy probes with searches at the Large Hadron Collider. I will first focus on the scenario in which the new physics originates in the multi-TeV scale, in which a direct comparison of low-energy and LHC searches can be performed in an effective theory framework. I will then discuss some examples in which the mediators of the new interactions become accessible at the LHC.
