Neutron-Antineutron Oscillations: Theoretical Status and Experimental Prospects

By D. Phillips, W. Snow, K. Babu, S. Banerjee, D. Baxter, Z. Berezhiani, M. Bergevin, S. Bhattacharya, G. Brooijmans, L. Castellanos and 53 more. 2014

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This paper summarizes the relevant theoretical developments, outlines some ideas to improve experimental searches for free neutron-antineutron oscillations, and suggests avenues for future improvement in the experimental sensitivity.

Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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• Baryon number and lepton universality violation in leptoquark and diquark models (2017, background): “In the light of null results from proton decay searches [6], the possibility of discovering n − n̄ oscillations has recently gained increased interest [85].”
• Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), Far Detector Technical Design Report, Volume II: DUNE Physics (2020, background): “In particular, the neutron-antineutron oscillation (n − n̄) process violates baryon number by two units and, therefore, could also have further implications for the smallness of neutrino masses [219].”