New physics searches in nuclear and neutron β decay

M González-Alonso, O Naviliat-Cuncic… - Progress in Particle and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The status of tests of the standard electroweak model and of searches for new physics in
allowed nuclear β decay and neutron decay is reviewed including both theoretical and …

Beta decays and non-standard interactions in the LHC era

V Cirigliano, S Gardner, BR Holstein - Progress in Particle and Nuclear …, 2013 - Elsevier
We consider the role of precision measurements of beta decays and light meson semi-
leptonic decays in probing physics beyond the Standard Model in the LHC era. We describe …

Probing novel scalar and tensor interactions from (ultra) cold neutrons to the LHC

T Bhattacharya, V Cirigliano, SD Cohen, A Filipuzzi… - Physical Review D …, 2012 - APS
Scalar and tensor interactions were once competitors to the now well-established VA
structure of the standard model weak interactions. We revisit these interactions and survey …

Non-standard Charged Current Interactions: beta decays versus the LHC

V Cirigliano, M Gonzalez-Alonso… - Journal of High Energy …, 2013 - Springer
A bstract We discuss low-energy and collider constraints on the effective couplings
characterizing non-standard charged current interactions. A direct comparison of low-energy …

Prospects for precision measurements in nuclear decay in the lhc era

O Naviliat‐Cuncic, M González‐Alonso - Annalen der Physik, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Precision measurements in nuclear β decay offer a sensitive window to search for new
physics beyond the standard electroweak model. Searches for new physics are also a …

Symmetry violations in nuclear and neutron decay

KK Vos, HW Wilschut, RGE Timmermans - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2015 - APS
The role of β decay as a low-energy probe of physics beyond the standard model is
reviewed. Traditional searches for deviations from the standard model structure of the weak …

First Observation of Cyclotron Radiation from MeV-Scale following Nuclear Decay

W Byron, H Harrington, RJ Taylor, W DeGraw… - Physical review …, 2023 - APS
We present an apparatus for detection of cyclotron radiation yielding a frequency-based
β±kinetic energy determination in the 5 keV to 2.1 MeV range, characteristic of nuclear β …

Precision measurement of the He half-life and the weak axial current in nuclei

A Knecht, R Hong, DW Zumwalt, BG Delbridge… - Physical Review C …, 2012 - APS
Background: The β decays of 3 H and 6 He can play an important role in testing nuclear
wave-function calculations and fixing low-energy constants in effective-field theory …

Sensitivity of future tritium decay experiments to New Physics

JAL Canning, FF Deppisch, W Pei - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023 - Springer
A bstract Tritium beta-decay is the most promising approach to measure the absolute
masses of active light neutrinos in the laboratory and in a model-independent fashion. The …

Structure and symmetries of the weak interaction in nuclear beta decay

N Severijns, O Naviliat-Cuncic - Physica Scripta, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The beta decay process offers unique possibilities to search for so-called exotic, non-
standard model components in the weak interaction, and for testing its fundamental …