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CP Violation and Rare Decays in K Mesons CP Violation in Kaon Systems in the Standard Model • CP Violation in Kaon Systems Beyond the SM Why rare decays Which rare decays Conclusions Dipartimento di Fisica di Roma I Guido Martinelli Paris June 5th 2003

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Page 1: CP Violation and Rare Decays in K Mesons

CP Violation and Rare Decays inK Mesons

• CP Violation in Kaon Systems in the Standard Model• CP Violation in Kaon Systems Beyond the SM• Why rare decays • Which rare decays• Conclusions

Dipartimento di Fisica di Roma I Guido Martinelli Paris June 5th 2003

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[S, H] = 0 | E , p , s › We may find states which are simultaneously eigenstates of

S and of the Energy

Consequences of a Symmetry

p1

p2

p3

p4

sin sou

t

CP | K10 › = + | K1

0 ›

CP | K20 › = _ | K2

0 › ‹| K1

0 ›

‹| K20 › =

| KS,L0 › = | K1

0 › + | K20 ›

if CP is conserved either =0 or =0

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CP Violation in the Neutral Kaon System

+- = ‹+-

| HW | KL ›

‹+-| HW | KS ›

00 = ‹00

| HW | KL ›

‹00

| HW | KS ›~ - 2 ´

~ + ´

Expanding in several “small”quantities

Conventionally:| KS › = | K1 ›CP=+1 + | K2 ›CP= - 1

| KL › = | K2 ›CP= - 1 + | K1 ›CP= + 1

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| KL › = | K2 ›CP= - 1

HW

CP= + 1

Indirect CP violation: mixing

HWK0 K0

S=2

s

d

d

s

W

W( O )Complex S=2 effective coupling

Box diagrams:They are also responsible for B0 - B0 mixing md,s

u,c,t

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| | ~ C A2 6 sin

{F(xc , xt)+ F(xt)[A2 4 (1- cos )] - F(xc)} BK

Inami-Lin Functions + QCDCorrections (NLO)

C =

G2F M2

W MK f2K

6 √2 2 MK

‹ K0 | ( s (1 - 5 ) d )2

| K0 › = 8/3 f2K M2

K BK

= sin = cos

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K0 | (sL

A dLA) (sL

B dLB) | K0 =

8/3 f2

K M2K BK ()

K0-K0 mixing in the Standard Model (and beyond)

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NEW RESULTS FOR BK

World Average by L.Lellouchat Lattice 2000 and GM 2001 0.63 0.04 0.10 0.86 0.06 0.14

CP-PACS perturbative renorm. 0.575 0.006 0.787 0.008(quenched) DWF 0.5746(61)(191)

RBC non-perturbative renorm. 0.538 0.008 0.737 0.011(quenched) DWF

SPQcdR 0.66 0.07 0.90 0.10Wilson Improved NP renorm.

NNC-HYP Overlap Fermions 0.66 0.04 0.90 0.06perturbative

Garron & al. Overlap Fermions 0.61 0.07 0.83 0.10Non-perturbative

BNDRK(2 GeV) BK

Lattice 2002 preliminary

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Lellouch summer ‘2002

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B0 - B0 mixing

b

d

d

b

W

W

(

O

)B=2 Transitions

B0 B0

H =H11 H12

H21 H22

HeffB=2 =

t

G2F M2

W

16 2

md,s = A2 6 Ftt ( ) m2t

M2W

( d (1 - 5 ) b )2

< O >

CKM

Hadronic matrixelement

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sin 2 is measured directly from B J/ Ks

decays at Babar & Belle

(Bd0 J/ Ks , t) - (Bd

0 J/ Ks , t) AJ/ Ks =

(Bd0 J/ Ks , t) + (Bd

0 J/ Ks , t)

AJ/ Ks = sin 2 sin (md t)

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from the study: CKM Triangle Analysis

A critical review with updated

experimental inputs and theoretical parameters

M. Ciuchini et al . 2000 (& 2001)

upgraded for ICHEP 2002-presented by A. Stocchi

see also the CERN Yellow Book (CKM Workshop)

Dipartimento di Fisica di Roma I Guido Martinelli Paris June 5th 2003

similar results from Hoecker et al. 2000-2001

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Results for and & related quantitiesResults for and & related quantities

Allowed regions in the - plane (contours at 68% and 95% C.L.)

With the constraint fromms

= 0.178 0.046 = 0.341 0.028 [ 0.085 - 0.265] [ 0.288 - 0.397] at 95% C.L.

sin 2 = - 0.19 0.25 sin 2 = 0.695 0.056 [ -0.62 - +0.33] [ 0.68 - 0.79]

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| KL › = | K2 ›CP= - 1

HWCP= + 1

Direct CP violation: decay

s

Complex S=1 effective coupling

K

s

u

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A0 e i 0

= ‹ (π π)I=0IH WI K0 ›A2

e i 2 = ‹ (π π)I=2IH WI K0 ›

Where 0,2 is the strong interaction phase

(Watson theorem) and the weak phase is hidden

in A0,2CP if Im[A0

* A2 ] 0

= i e i ( 2 - 0 ) [ Im A2 - Im A0 ]

= Re A2 / Re A0 ~ 1/22

Re A2 Re A0√2

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/ = Im t e i (/2+ 2 - 0 -

) r [|A0| - |A2|]1

r = GF /(2 || Re A0 )

Extracting the phases:

In the Standard Model

t = Vtd Vts*

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GENERAL FRAMEWORK

HS=1 = GF/√2 Vud Vus*[ (1-) i=1,2 zi (Qi -Qc

i) +

i=1,10 ( zi + yi ) Qi ] Where yi and zi are short distance coefficients, which are knownin perturbation theory at the NLO (Buras et al. + Ciuchini et al.)

= -Vts*Vtd/Vus

*Vud

We have to compute AI=0,2i= ‹ (π π)I=0,2 IQ i I K ›

with a non perturbative technique (lattice, QCD sum rules, 1/N expansion etc.)

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New local four-fermion operators are generated

Q1 = (sLA uL

B) (uLB dL

A) Current-Current Q2 = (sL

A uLA) (uL

B dLB)

Q3,5 = (sR

A dLA)∑q (qL,R

B qL,R

B) Gluon Q4,6 = (sR

A dLB)∑q (qL,R

B qL,R

A) Penguins

Q7,9 = 3/2(sRA dL

A)∑q eq (qR,LB

qR,LB) Electroweak

Q8,10 = 3/2(sRA dL

B)∑q eq (qR,LB

qR,LA) Penguins

+ Chromomagnetic end electromagnetic operators to be discussed in the following

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A0 = ∑i Ci() ‹ (π π) IQi () I K ›I=0 (1- IB)

= renormalization scale-dependence cancels if operatormatrix elements are consistentlycomputed

ISOSPIN BREAKING

A2 = ∑i Ci() ‹ (π π) IQi () I K ›I=2

IB = 0.25 0.08 (Munich from Buras & Gerard) 0.25 0.15 (Rome Group) 0.16 0.03 (Ecker et al.) 0.10 0.20 Gardner & Valencia, Maltman & Wolf, Cirigliano & al.

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Large mass scale: heavy degrees of freedom (mt , MW, Ms ) are removed andtheir effect included in the Wilsoncoefficients

renormalizazion scale (inverse latticespacing 1/a); this is the scale wherethe quark theory is matched to the effective hadronic theory

100 GeV

1-2 GeV

Scale of the low energy process ~ MW

THE SCALE PROBLEM: Effective theories prefer low scales, Perturbation Theory prefers large scales

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if the scale is too lowproblems from higher dimensional operators(Cirigliano, Donoghue, Golowich)- it is illusory to think that the problem is solved by using dimensional regularization

on the lattice this problem is called DISCRETIZATION ERRORS(reduced by using improved actions and/or scales > 2-4 GeV

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A = ∑i Ci() ‹ (π π) IQi () I K › ‹ (π π) IQi () I K › = ‹ (π π) IQi I K ›VIA B ()

VACUUM SATURATION & B-PARAMETERS

-dependence of VIA matrix elements is not consistentWith that of the Wilson coefficientse.g. ‹ (π π) IQ9 I K › I=2,VIA = 2/3 fπ (M2

K - M2π )

In order to explain the I=1/2 enhancement the B-parameters of Q1 and Q2 should be of order 4 !!!

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Relative contribution of the OPS

-6-4-202468

1012

B2charm

B5 B8 B9 e'/e

Positive

Negative

Total

B6

B83/2

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'/ = 13 Im t [ 110 MeV]2 [B6 (1- IB) - 0.4 B8 ]

The Buras Formula that should NOT be used but is presented by everyone

t = Vtd Vts* = ( 1.31 1.0 ) 10-4

ms ()

a value of B6 MUCH LARGER than 1 (2 ÷ 3 ) is needed to explain the experiments

The situation worsen if also B8 is larger than 1

('/ )EXP = ( 17.2 1.8 ) 10-4

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Theoretical Methods for the Matrix Elements (ME)

• Lattice QCD Rome Group, M. Ciuchini & al.

• NLO Accuracy and consistent matching PT (now at the next to leading order) and quenching • no realistic calculation of <Q6> • Fenomenological Approach Munich A.Buras & al.

• NLO Accuracy and consistent matching • no results for <Q6,8> which are taken elsewhere • Chiral quark model Trieste S.Bertolini & al. • all ME computed with the same method • model dependence, quadratic divergencies,matching

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Lattice B6 = 1 Lattice from K-

QM Trieste

From S. Bertolini

Typical Prediction5-8 10-4

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In my opinion only the Lattice approachwill be able to give quantitative answerswith controlled systematic errors

Gladiator The SPQcdR Collaboration & APE (Southapmton, Paris, Rome,Valencia)

Quenchingfor I=1/2transitions !

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The IR problem arises from two sources:• The (unavoidable) continuation of the theory to Euclidean space-time (Maiani-Testa theorem) • The use of a finite volume in numerical simulations

An important step towards the solution of the IR problem has been achieved by L. Lellouch andM. Lüscher (LL), who derived a relation between

the K π π matrix elements in a finitevolume and the physical amplitudes

Commun.Math.Phys.219:31-44,2001 e-Print Archive: hep-lat/0003023

Here I discuss an alternative derivation based on the behaviour of correlators of local operator when V D. Lin, G.M., C. Sachrajda and M. Testa hep-lat/0104006 (LMST)

presented by L. Lellouch at Latt2000

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The finite-volume Euclidean matrix elements are related to the

absolute values of the Physical Amplitudes |‹ E |Q(0) |K ›| by comparing, at large values of V, finite volume correlators to the infinite volume ones

|‹ E |Q(0) |K ›| = √F ‹ n |Q(0) |K ›V

F = 32 2 V2 V(E) E mK/k(E) where k(E) = √ E2/4- m2

and

On the other hand the phase-shift can be extractedfrom the two-pion energy according to (Lüscher):

Wn = 2 √ m2 + k2 n - (k) = (q)

the corrections are exponentially small in the volume

V(E) = (q ’(q) + k ’(k))/4 k 2 is the expression which one would

heuristically derive by interpreting V(E) as the density of states in a finite volume (D. Lin, G.M., C. Sachrajda and M. Testa)

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THE CHIRAL BEHAVIOUR OF ‹π π IHW I K ›I=2 by the SPQcdRCollaboration and a comparison with JLQCD Phys. Rev. D58 (1998) 054503

Aexp= 0.0104098 GeV3

This work 0.0097(10) GeV3

no chiral logs included yet, analysis under way

Lattice QCD finds BK = 0.86 and a value of ‹π π IHW I K ›I=2 compatible with exps

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1) the final state interaction phase is not universal, since it depends on the operator used to create the two-pion state. This is not surprising, since the basis of Watson theorem is unitarity;

2) the Lüscher quantization condition for the two-pion energy levels does not hold. Consequently it is not possible to take the infinite volume limit at constant physics, namely

with a fixed value of W ;3) a related consequence is that the LL relation between the absolute value of the physical amplitudes and the finite volume matrix elements is no more valid;

4) whereas it is usually possible to extract the lattice amplitudes by constructing suitable time-independent ratios of correlation functions, this procedure fails in the quenched theory because the time-dependence of correlation functions corresponding to the same external states is not the same

I=0 States in the QuenchedTheory (Lack of Unitarity)

D. Lin, G.M., E. Pallante, C. Sachrajda and G. Villadoro

There could be a way-out …..

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I=1/2 and /

• I=1/2 decays (Q1 and Q2)

• / electropenguins (Q7 and Q8)• / strong penguins (Q6)

• K π π from K π and K 0

• Direct K π π calculation

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Physics Results from RBC and CP-PACSno lattice details here

Re(A0) Re(A2) Re(A0)/Re(A2)

/

RBC 29÷311 -8

1.1 ÷1.21 -8

24÷27 -4 ÷ -81 -4

CPPACS

16÷211 -8

1.3÷1.51 -8

9÷12 -2 ÷ -71 -4

EXP 33.31 -8

1.5 1 -8 22.2 17.2 ±1.81 -4

Total Disagrement with experiments ! (and other th. determinations)

Opposite sign !

New Physics?

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0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5

B6

B8

'/ ~ 13 (QCD/340 MeV)Im t (110 MeV/ms )[B6 (1-IB ) -0.4 B8 ]'/ =0

Artistic representation of present situation

DonoghueDe Rafael

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Physics Results from RBC and CP-PACS

Re(A0) Re(A2) Re(A0)/Re(A2)

/

RBC 29÷311 -8

1.1 ÷1.21 -8

24÷27 -4 ÷ -81 -4

CPPACS

16÷211 -8

1.3÷1.51 -8

9÷12 -2 ÷ -71 -4

EXP 33.31 -8

1.5 1 -8 22.2 17.2 ±1.81 -4

• Chirality• Subtraction• Low Ren.Scale• Quenching • FSI• New Physics• A combination ?

Even by doubling O6 one cannot agree with the dataK π π and Staggered Fermions (Poster by W.Lee) will certainly help to clarify the situation I am not allowed to quote any number

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CP beyond the SM (Supersymmetry)

Spin 1/2 Quarks

qL , uR , dR

Leptons

lL , eR

Spin 0 SQuarks

QL , UR , DR

SLeptons

LL , ER

Spin 1 Gauge bosons

W , Z , , g

Spin 1/2 Gauginos

w , z , , g

Spin 0 Higgs bosons

H1 , H2

Spin 1/2 Higgsinos

H1 , H2

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In general the mixing mass matrix of the SQuarks (SMM) is not diagonal in flavour space analogously to the quark caseWe may either Diagonalize the SMM

z , , g

QjLqj

L

FCNC

or Rotate by the same matrices the SUSY partners of the u- and d- like quarks(Qj

L )´ = UijL Qj

L UjLUi

L dkL

g

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In the latter case the Squark MassMatrix is not diagonal

(m2Q )ij = m2

average 1ij + mij2 ij = mij

2 /

m2average

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New local four-fermion operators are generated

Q1 = (sLA dL

A) (sLB dL

B) SMQ2 = (sR

A dLA) (sR

B dLB)

Q3 = (sRA dL

B) (sRB dL

A) Q4 = (sR

A dLA) (sL

B dRB)

Q5 = (sRA dL

B) (sLB dR

A) + those obtained by L R

Similarly for the b quark e.g.(bR

A dLA) (bR

B dLB)

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TYPICAL BOUNDS FROM MK AND K

x = m2g / m2

q

x = 1 mq = 500 GeV

| Re (122)LL | < 3.9 10-2

| Re (122)LR | < 2.5 10-3

| Re (12)LL (12)RR | < 8.7 10-4

from MK

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from K

x = 1 mq = 500 GeV

| Im (122)LL | < 5.8 10-3

| Im (122)LR | < 3.7 10-4

| Im (12)LL (12)RR | < 1.3 10-4

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MB and A(B J/ Ks )

MBd = 2 Abs | Bd | H | Bd |

eff

B=2

A(B J/ Ks ) = sin 2 sin MBd t

2 = Arg | Bd | H | Bd |

eff

eff eff

B=2

sin 2 = 0.79 0.10 from exps BaBar & Belle & others

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TYPICAL BOUNDS ON THE -COUPLINGS

B0 | HeffB=2 | B0 = Re ASM + Im ASM

+ ASUSY Re(13d )AB

2 + i ASUSY Im(13d )AB

2

A, B =LL, LR, RL, RR

1,3 = generation index

ASM = ASM (SM )

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TYPICAL BOUNDS ON THE -COUPLINGS B0 | Heff

B=2 | B0 = Re ASM + Im ASM

+ ASUSY Re(13d )AB

2 + i ASUSY Im(13d )AB

2

Typical bounds: Re,Im(13

d )AB 1 5 10-2

Note: in this game SM is not determinedby the UTA From Kaon mixing: Re,Im(12

d )AB 1 10-4

SERIOUS CONSTRAINTS ON SUSY MODELS

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Chromomagnetic operators vs '/ and

Og = g (sL

ta dR Ga sR

ta dL Ga )

16 2

H g = C+g O+

g + C-g O-

g

• It contributes also in the Standard Model (but it is chirally supressed mK4)

• Beyond the SM can give important contributions to ' (Masiero and Murayama)• It is potentially dangerous for (Murayama et. al., D’Ambrosio, Isidori and G.M.)• It enhances CP violation in K decays (D’Ambrosio, Isidori and G.M.)

• Its cousin O gives important effects in KL 0 e + e-

( ‹ π0 | Q + | K0 › computed by D. Becirevic et al. , The SPQcdR Collaboration,

Phys.Lett. B501 (2001) 98)

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O = ms dL ta sR Ga

mass term necessary to the helicity flip sL sR

‹| O | K › ~ O(MK4) [‹| HW | K › ~ O(MK

2) ]

The Chromomagnetic operator

sR dL

gluon

s

s d

gd

dgms

s 12LR (M2

W / m2 q ) mg

The chromomagnetic operator may have large effects in ’/

Masiero-Murayama

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+ K K 3 parity even KL 0 e+ e-

CP from SUSY flavour mixing

define ± = 21LR ± (12

LR )* then

- K 2 parity odd

K in K0 _ K0 mixing (see next page)

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K0

Hmags

d

light stuff HW

S=1

K0

d

sd

d

0 , , ’, etc.

A1mag = 2 K0 | HW | 0 0 | Hmag | K0 M2

K - M2

Im(+ ) 4.8 10-13 GeV2 K1

ASUSY(K0 K0 ) =Aboxes + A1mag + A2mag

The K-factor K1 accounts for other contributions besides the 0 , as the etas, more particle states, etc.

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Boxes Im(2+ ) or Im(2

- ) 1-mag Im(+ )2-mag Im(2

+ )KL 0 e+ e- Im(2

+ )2

’/ Im(- )

If the K-factor K1 is not too small,the strongest limits on Im(+ ) come

from A1mag in K0 _ K0 mixing (10-4 _ 10-5 ) !!D’Ambrosio, Isidori and G.M.; X-G He, Murayama, Pakvasaand Valencia

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GENERAL FRAMEWORK

HB=1 = GF/√2 ∑p=u,c Vpb Vps*[C1 Q1

p + C2 Q2p +

i=1,10 Ci Qi + C7 Q7 + C8g Q8g ]

Where the Ci are short distance coefficients, the evolution of whichis known in perturbation theory at the NLO (Buras et al. + Ciuchini et al.)

The coefficients of the penguin operators are modified by the

SUSY penguins with mass insertions

penguin ops

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Rare Kaon Decays

• Why rare decays • Which rare decays•

Dipartimento di Fisica di Roma I Guido Martinelli Paris June 5th 2003

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WHY RARE DECAYS ?Rare decays are a manifestation of broken(accidental) symmetries e.g. of physics beyond the Standard Model

Proton decay baryon and lepton number conservation

-> e + lepton flavor numberi -> k

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RARE DECAYS WHICH ARE ALLOWEDIN THE STANDARD MODEL

FCNC: qi -> qk +

qi -> qk + l+ l

-

qi -> qk + these decays occur only via loops because of GIM and are suppressed by CKM

THUS THEY ARE SENSITIVE TO NEW PHYSICS

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Why we like K ? For the same reason as AJ/ Ks

:

1) Dominated by short distance dynamics(hard GIM suppression, calculable in pert. theory ) 2) Negligible hadronic uncertainties (matrix element known)

O(G2F ) Z and W penguin/box s d diagrams

SMDiagrams

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Heff =G2F / (2√2 s2

W )[ Vtd Vts* Xt + Vcd Vcs

* Xc ]

( s (1 - 5 ) d) ( (1 - 5 ) )

NLO QCD corrections to Xt,c and O(G3F m4

t) contributions known

the hadronic matrix element ‹ | s (1 - 5 ) d | K›is known with very high accuracy from Kl3 decays

sensitive to Vtd Vts* and expected large CP

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A(s d ) O(5

m2t ) + i O(5

m2t ) CKM suppressed

O( m2c ) + i O( 5

m2c )

O( 2

QCD ) GIM

CP conserving: error of O(10%) due to NNLOcorrections in the charm contribution and CKM uncertainties BR(K+)SM = (7.2 2.0) 10-11

BR(K+)EXP = (15.7+17.5- 8.2 ) 10-

11- 2 events observed by E787 - central value about 2 the value of the SM- E949 10-20 events in 2 years

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CP ViolatingKL 0

O(5 m2

t ) + i O( m2t )

O( m2c ) + i O( 5

m2c )

O( 2

QCD )

BR(K+)SM = 4.30 10-10 (mt (mt )/170GeV)2.3

(Im(Vts* Vtd )/ 5

)2 = (2.8 1.0) 10-11

dominated by thetop quark contribution-> short distances (or new physics)

theoretical error ˜ 2 %

Using (KL 0 ) < (K+ + ) One gets BR(KL 0 ) < 1.8 10-9 (90% C.L.) 2 order of magnitude larger than the SM expectations

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Improvements for KL 0

KEK E931 ˜ 10-9 KOPIO 10-13 (50 events)

Other interesting decays (but with long important long distance effects):

K+ + l+l- (KS 0 l+l-)

K

LONG DISTANCES DOMINATE

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KL + -

KL

BNL E871BR(KL + -) =(7.18 0.17) 10-9

Almost saturated by the absorptive 2 photon contribution BRabs(KL + -) =(7.07 0.18) 10-9

LONG AND SHORT DISTANCES COMPARABLE

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Still a long way to go but worth to be continued andimproved

Any measurementabove the SM should satisfy other exp constraints

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Conclusions and Outlook

1) Since their discovery in 1947 KAONS HAVE BEEN THE PROTAGONIST OF EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIMENTAL (UNEXPECTED) DISCOVERIES AND THEORETICAL PROGRESSES IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS AND COSTITUENTS (strangeness, - puzzle, CP violation, GIM to mention only the main ones)

2) KAON PHYSICS CONTINUE TO BE A FUNDAMENTAL TESTING GROUND FOR WEAK INTERACTIONS, FLAVOUR PHYSICS AND CP VIOLATION

3) KAON DECAYS MAY ALSO BE (HOPEFULLY) ONE OF THE LOW ENERGY WINDOWS FOR THE PHYSICS BEYOND THE STANDARD MODEL