18–20 May 2026
James Clerk Maxwell Building
Europe/London timezone

Lattice calculation of s- to d-quark transitions in the Standard Model

19 May 2026, 11:00
30m
Higgs Centre Seminar Room (4305) (James Clerk Maxwell Building)

Higgs Centre Seminar Room (4305)

James Clerk Maxwell Building

School of Physics and Astronomy University of Edinburgh James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD
Abstract for talk

Speaker

Vera Guelpers

Description

The transition of a strange to a down quark requires a flavour changing neutral current (FCNC) which is forbidden at tree level in the Standard Model. Consequentely, processes involving such transition are sensitive to any potential physics beyond the standard model including a FCNC. In this talk, I will present the status of lattice calculations for two such decays: the rare Kaon decay $K^+ \to \pi^+ \ell^+ \ell^-$, and the rare Hyperon decay $\Sigma^+ \to p \ell^+ \ell^-$.

Author

Vera Guelpers

Presentation materials