Ruling out the Weinberg Model of Spontaneous CP Violation
There have been many declarations of the death of the Weinberg model of spontaneous CP violation. Previous studies, before the recent measurements of {epsilon}'/{epsilon} indicated that the model could not accommodate the experimental values on {epsilon} in K{sub 0} - {bar K}{sup 0} mixing, the neutron electric dipole moment (EDM), the branching ratio of b {yields} s{gamma} and the upper limit on {epsilon}'/{epsilon}. We point out that these studies were based on optimistic estimates of the uncertainties in the calculations and that when more realistic estimates of these errors are used the Weinberg model cannot be conclusively ruled out from these considerations alone. Here we use these realistic error estimates to analyze the present situation of the Weinberg model. The latest results from Belle and BaBar on sin 2{beta} allow the small values of this parameter which occur naturally in the Weinberg model. However, in this model, the recently measured value of Re({epsilon}'/{epsilon}) = (1.92 {+-} 10{sup -3}) cannot be made compatible with the branching ratio B(b {yields} s{gamma}) = (3.15 {+-} 0.54) x 10{sup -4}. As a result they conclude that the Weinberg model is now confidently and conservatively ruled out.
- Research Organization:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00515
- OSTI ID:
- 784808
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-PUB-8588; TRN: US0108773
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 30 Nov 2000
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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