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Automated Search for Conserved Quantities in Particle Reactions
Oliver SchulteSchool of Computing ScienceSimon Fraser [email protected]
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Outline
What’s this about?Finding conserved quantities in particle reactions Algorithm Data Findings
Introducing extra particles to fit the data better
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CS Goals
• Basic research (good enough): Write programs that match the theories from physics.
• Previous work:
• Kobacas, Valdes-Perez on discovering selection rules.
• Valdes-Perez, Zytkow on (re)discovering particle substructure (Physical Review E, 1996)
• Practical use (icing on the cake): analyze data to help with new discoveries.
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The Goal: Find Absolutely Conserved Quantities
Omnes (1971), Introduction to Particle Physics.
“The method [of assigning quantum numbers] is rather lengthy … so that we give the procedure in detail, once and for all.”
Want a program for assigning quantum numbers.
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Basic Principle: Disallow as much as you can
• Leon Cooper (1970). “In the analysis of events among these new particles, where the forces are unknown and the dynamical analysis, if they were known, is almost impossibly difficult, one has tried by observing what does not happen to find selection rules, quantum numbers, and thus the symmetries of the interactions that are relevant.”
• Kenneth Ford (1965). “Everything that can happen without violating a conservation law does happen.”
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How much can we rule out?
- - + n
- - +
- e- + + e
n e- + e + p
p + p p + p +
observed reactions not yet observed reactions
n e- + e
p + p p + p + +
can’t rule out
Hypothetical Scenario
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The Vector Representation for Reactions
• Fix n particles.
• Reaction n-vector: list net occurrence of each particle.
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Process p 0 - e+ e- e - e- + + e 0 0 1 0 -1 -1 -1
p e+ + 0 1 -1 0 -1 0 0 0
p + p p + p + 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
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Conserved Quantities in Vector Space
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Process p 0 - e+ e- e - e- + + e 0 0 1 0 -1 -1 -1
p e+ + 0 1 -1 0 -1 0 0 0
p + p p + p + 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
Baryon Number 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Electric Charge 1 0 -1 1 -1 0 0
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Conserved Quantities are in the Null Space of Observed Reactions
Let q be the vector for a quantum number, r for a reaction.Then q is conserved in r q r = 0.Let Q be a matrix of quantities. Then Qr = 0 r is allowed by Q.So: if r1, …, rk are allowed, so is any linear combination . i 1
k akrk
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Maximally strict selection rules = basis for nullspace of observations
• Defn: A list of selection rules Q is maximally strict nullspace(Q) = span(R).
• Proposition: Q is maximally strict span(Q) = R.
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System for Finding a Maximally Strict Set of Selection Rules
Read in Observed Reactions
Convert to list of vectors R
Compute basis Q for nullspace R
from database
using conversion utility
Maple function nullspace
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The Data: Particles
• Particles from Review of Particle Physics
• Total 193 particles
• Separate entries for particle and anti-particles
• e.g., p, p = 2 entries
• One entry for same type, different masses
• e.g., just one entry for Σ(1385), Σ(1670)
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The Data: Reactions
• At least one decay for each particle with a decay mode.
• Particle utility converts to vector representation.
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Why Decays?
Wanted: linearly independent reactions.Proposition: Decays of distinct particles are linearly independent.
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Process + 0
e-
e γ
+ + + 1 0 -1 0
0 γ + γ 0 1 0 0 - e- + + e 0 0 -1 0 -1 -1 -1 0
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# independent quantities # unstable particles
Defn. A particle is stable if it has no decay mode, e.g., , e , e ,p, p ,ve, ve, v ,v ,v ,vProposition Fix n particles, allowed reactions R.
1. dim(R) n - # unstable particles
2. # independent conserved quantities # stable particles
• e.g. n = 193 particles, 11 stable 11 conserved quantities
• because of antiparticles, can be improved to 6 conserved quantities
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Finding #1
{Baryon#, E. Charge, Muon#, Electron#, Tau#} is basis for nullspace of possible reactions.
1. Output of Program is equivalent classifier to standard rules.
2. All absolutely conserved quantum numbers are linear combinations of {Baryon#, E. Charge, Muon#, Electron#,
Tau#} e.g., Lepton# = Muon# + Electron# + Tau#
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Finding #2
Program matches particle-antiparticle pairings.There is an analytic explanation.
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Finding #3
Different runs seem to produce version of the lepton family lawse.g., {- Muon#, - Electron#, -Tau#}.No analytic explanation.
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More Particles can lead to stricter Conservation Principles
Well-known example: if e = e, then n + n p + p + e- + e- should be possible.(Williams Ch.12.2).
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When do more particles lead to stricter Conservation Principles?
Theorem An extra particle yields stricter selection rules for a set of reactions R there is a reaction r such that
1. r is a linear combination of R
2. but only with fractional coefficients.
h id d e n p a rt ic le s
N oh id d e n p a rt ic le s
o b s e rv e d tra n s itio n s
lin e a r c o m b in a tio n sw ith in te g e r c o e ff ic ie n ts
lin e a r c o m b in a tio n sw ith f ra c tio n a l c o e ff ic ie n ts
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Hidden Particles, Finding #1
The standard selection rules are maximally strict with respect to transitions among nonneutrinos.
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Critical Reaction for e e Discovered by Computer
Finding if e = e , then the process Υ + Λ0 p + e- cannot be ruled out with selection rules.
coefficient observed process ½ Y + + - ½ Y e+ + e- ½ Λ0 p + e + e- ½ Λ0 p + - ½ - - + -½ + e+ + e +
unobserved Υ + Λ0 p + + + - + e-
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Conclusions
Program computes maximally strict set of selection rules.Good match with {Baryon#, E. Charge, Muon#, Electron#, Tau#} Classifies reactions as possible or
impossible in exact agreement. Reproduces particle-antiparticle pairings
Extra particle: Computes a critical experiment to test if e = e .
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Further Work
Search for partially conserved quantities like strangeness.Historical Analysis of Data (R. Coleman).Pitch: looking for coauthor/proofreader for interdisciplinary or physics publication.