Lorentz and CPT violation in partons

Abstract A framework is presented for the factorization of high-energy hadronic processes in the presence of Lorentz and CPT violation. The comprehensive effective field theory describing Lorentz and CPT violation, the Standard-Model Extension, is used to demonstrate factorization of the hadronic te...

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Main Authors: V. Alan Kostelecký, Enrico Lunghi, Nathan Sherrill, A.R. Vieira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-04-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP04(2020)143
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Summary:Abstract A framework is presented for the factorization of high-energy hadronic processes in the presence of Lorentz and CPT violation. The comprehensive effective field theory describing Lorentz and CPT violation, the Standard-Model Extension, is used to demonstrate factorization of the hadronic tensor at leading order in electroweak interactions for deep inelastic scattering and for the Drell-Yan process. Effects controlled by both minimal and nonminimal coefficients for Lorentz violation are explored, and the equivalent parton-model description is derived. The methodology is illustrated by determining cross sections and studying estimated attainable sensitivities to Lorentz violation using real data collected at the Hadronen-Elektronen Ring Anlage and the Large Hadron Collider and simulated data for the future US-based electron-ion collider.
ISSN:1029-8479