Department of Physics and Astronomy

Nuclear and Particle Physics Seminar

Monday, October 11

12:30pm-1:30pm

Stevenson Center, Room 6333

John Cumalat

University of Colorado

A Search for Baryon Number Violation
from an Experimental Point of View

Limits on proton decay have served to constrain theoretical extensions to the Standard Model. I will review why we expect proton decay, the problem with anti-matter, and our fallen conservation laws. I will also report on the experimental limits. I will then turn to a more speculative idea of searching for baryon number violation in the strange sector. At this point the seminar may become a discussion.