Neutron Electric Dipole Moment Constraint on Scale of Minimal Left-Right Symmetric Model

Abstract

Using an effective theory approach, we calculate the neutron electric dipole moment (nEDM) in the minimal left-right symmetric model with both explicit and spontaneous CP violations. We integrate out heavy particles to obtain flavor-neutral CP-violating effective Lagrangian. We run the Wilson coefficients from the electroweak scale to the hadronic scale using one-loop renormalization group equations. Using the state-of-the-art hadronic matrix elements, we obtain the nEDM as a function of right-handed W-boson mass and CP-violating parameters. We use the current limit on nEDM combined with the kaon-decay parameter $ε$ to provide the most stringent constraint yet on the left-right symmetric scale $ M_{W_R} > (10 \pm 3) $ TeV.

20 pages and 8 figures