skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: CP violation and the fourth generation

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Department of Physics, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 32000 (Israel)
  2. Theoretical Physics Division, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Bijenicka 54, HR -10002 Zagreb (Croatia)
  3. Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Bijenicka 54, HR-10002 Zagreb (Croatia)

Within the standard model with the 4th generation quarks b{sup '} and t{sup '} we have analyzed CP-violating flavor changing neutral current processes t{yields}cX, b{sup '}{yields}sX, b{sup '}{yields}bX, t{sup '}{yields}cX, and t{sup '}{yields}tX, with X=H,Z,{gamma},g, by constructing and employing a global, unique fit for the 4th generation mass mixing matrix (CKM4) at 300{<=}m{sub t{sup '}}{<=}700 GeV. All quantities appearing in the CKM4 were subject to our fitting procedure. We have found that our fit produces the following CP partial rate asymmetry dominance: a{sub CP}(b{sup '}{yields}s(H,Z;{gamma},g)){approx_equal}(94,62;47,41)%, at m{sub t{sup '}}{approx_equal}300,350 GeV, respectively. From the experimental point of view the best decay mode, out of the above four, is certainly b{sup '}{yields}s{gamma}, due to the presence of the high energy single photon in the final state. We have also obtained relatively large asymmetry a{sub CP}(t{yields}cg){approx_equal}(8-18)% for t{sup '} running in the loops. There are fair chances that the 4th generation quarks will be discovered at LHC and that some of their decay rates will be measured. If b{sup '} and t{sup '} exist at energies we assumed, with well executed tagging, large a{sub CP} could be found too.

OSTI ID:
21313518
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 80, Issue 11; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.80.116003; (c) 2009 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

Flavor and CP violation with fourth generations revisited
Journal Article · Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields · OSTI ID:21313518

Exclusive B{yields}{rho}l{sup +}l{sup -} decay in the standard model with fourth-generation quarks
Journal Article · Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2008 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields · OSTI ID:21313518

Searches for Fourth Generation Fermions
Conference · Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · OSTI ID:21313518