A newly proposed mirror matter model (in particular, a new mechanism of neutral particle oscillations, most importantly for n-n’ and K0-K0′) could potentially solve various puzzles in fundamental physics and cosmology, most noticeably for example, neutron lifetime anomaly, unitarity of CKM, dark matter, evolution of stars, matter-antimatter imbalance, etc. Based on this phenomenological model, self-consistent extensions to the Standard Model are studied in supersymmetric mirror models that could potentially explain even more enigmas like the big bang dynamics, and the nature of black holes as truly 2-D objects and boundaries of 4-D spacetime. Most remarkably, various feasible experiments are proposed to test concrete unique predictions of the new theory, including measurement of neutron lifetime anomalies in narrow magnetic traps or under super-strong magnetic fields, and detection of unexpectedly large branching fractions of invisible decays of long-lived neutral hadrons. All these tests, to stress again, are ready to be conducted with the current technology.
Seminar: Neutron Lifetime Anomaly and Laboratory Tests of n-n’ Oscillations
Abstract:
A newly proposed mirror matter model (in particular, a new mechanism of neutral particle oscillations, most importantly for n-n’ and K0-K0′) could potentially solve various puzzles in fundamental physics and cosmology, most noticeably for example, neutron lifetime anomaly, unitarity of CKM, dark matter, evolution of stars, matter-antimatter imbalance, etc. Based on this phenomenological model, self-consistent extensions to the Standard Model are studied in supersymmetric mirror models that could potentially explain even more enigmas like the big bang dynamics, and the nature of black holes as truly 2-D objects and boundaries of 4-D spacetime. Most remarkably, various feasible experiments are proposed to test concrete unique predictions of the new theory, including measurement of neutron lifetime anomalies in narrow magnetic traps or under super-strong magnetic fields, and detection of unexpectedly large branching fractions of invisible decays of long-lived neutral hadrons. All these tests, to stress again, are ready to be conducted with the current technology.