Published March 27, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Naturalness of CP Violation in the Standard Model

  • 1. DAMTP, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge University, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge, CB3 0WA (United Kingdom)
  • 2. George P. and Cynthia W. Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Texas A and M University, College Station, Texas 77843-4242 (United States)
  • 3. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, 31 Caroline Street N., Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 2Y5 (Canada)

Description

We construct a natural measure on the space of Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrices in the standard model, assuming the fermion mass matrices are randomly selected from a distribution which incorporates the observed quark mass hierarchy. This measure allows us to assess the likelihood of Jarlskog's CP violation parameter J taking its observed value J≅3x10-5. We find that the observed value, while well below the mathematically allowed maximum, is in fact typical once the observed quark masses are assumed

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
102
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. 121802-121802.4
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
40054518
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
CP INVARIANCE; KOBAYASHI-MASKAWA MATRIX; MASS; QUARKS; STANDARD MODEL
Descriptors DEC
FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRICES; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS

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