Seminar

Title: Recent indications of lepton universality violations: A possible shaking of High Energy Physics in the making

Speaker: Prof. Amarjit Soni  (BNL)

Time: 10:00AM, Mar. 22nd, 2018 (Thursday)

Place: Theoretical Physics Division, 319

Abstract: Recent years have seen a plethora of indications of deviations from the SM. Most notables among these are lepton universality violations [LUV] in charge as well as in neutral current processes, in the muon (g – 2) and last but not least in the direct CP violation parameter (eps’). Clearly, if these anomalies persist further scrutiny, they will demand a significant revision of our understanding of basic physics. In this talk three issues regarding these anomalies will be discussed. First a careful critique and reservation of the status of each anomaly will be discussed. Second, model independent implications wherever possible will be offered. Lastly, assuming the anomalies will survive further scrutiny, a theoretically attractive set up that addresses these concerns will be discussed and its important repercussions explored.