Probing hyperon electric dipole moments with a full angular analysis

TL;DR

This paper proposes a novel angular analysis method to measure hyperon electric dipole moments via entangled hyperon-antihyperon pairs in $J/\psi$ decays, significantly improving sensitivity and enabling exploration of new physics beyond the Standard Model.

Contribution

It introduces a comprehensive angular analysis technique for hyperon EDM measurement using entangled pairs, achieving unprecedented sensitivity levels and opening new avenues for hyperon physics research.

Findings

Estimated sensitivity for $\Lambda$ EDM at $10^{-19}$ $e$ cm.

First-ever sensitivity estimates for $\Sigma^+$, $\Xi^-$, and $\Xi^0$ hyperons.

Potential to test new physics models like supersymmetry and left-right symmetry.

Abstract

The electric dipole moment (EDM) of elementary particles, arising from flavor-diagonal $CP$ violation, serves as a powerful probe for new physics beyond the Standard Model and holds the potential to provide novel insights in unraveling the puzzle of the matter-dominated Universe. Hyperon EDM is a largely unexplored territory. In this paper, we present a comprehensive angular analysis that focuses on entangled hyperon-antihyperon pairs in $J/\psi$ decays for the indirect extraction of hyperon EDM. The statistical sensitivities are investigated for BESIII and the proposed Super Tau-Charm Facility (STCF). Leveraging the statistics from the BESIII experiment, the estimated sensitivity for $\Lambda$ EDM can reach an impressive level of $10^{-19}$ $e$ cm, achieving a 3-orders-of-magnitude improvement over the only existing measurement in a fixed-target experiment at Fermilab with similar statistics. The estimated sensitivities for the $\Sigma^+$, $\Xi^-$, and $\Xi^0$ hyperons at the same level of $10^{-19}$ $e$ cm will mark the first-ever achievement and the latter two will be the first exploration of hyperons with two strange valence quarks. The EDM measurements for hyperons conducted at the BESIII experiment will be a significant milestone and serve as a litmus test for new physics such as supersymmetry and the left-right symmetrical model. Furthermore, at the STCF experiment, the sensitivity of hyperon EDM measurements can be further enhanced by 2 orders of magnitude. Additionally, this angular analysis enables the determination of $CP$ violation in hyperon decays, the effective weak mixing angle, and beam polarization.