High Energy Physics Seminars

I will discuss an agnostic, model-independent analysis of baryon number violating nucleon decay using the power of Effective Field Theory. In my presentation, I explore the contributions of dimension-six and -seven effective operators to ∣Δ(B−L)∣=0, 2 nucleon decays, incorporating the effects of the Renormalisation Group Equations. This analysis includes deriving lower limits on the energy scale of each operator as well as exploring correlations between different decay modes. Additionally, I will discuss a few simple UV models that generate proton decay at dimension six and seven in the SMEFT, highlighting their connection with the generation of Majorana neutrino masses.