Neutrons and the New Standard Model

Abstract

Fundamental symmetry tests with neutrons can provide unique information about whatever will be the new Standard Model of fundamental interactions. I review two aspects of this possibility: searches for the permanent electric dipole moment of the neutron and its relation to the origin of baryonic matter, and precision studies of neutron decay that can probe new symmetries. I discuss the complementarity of these experiments with other low-energy precision tests and high energy collider searches for new physics.

Comments: Proceedings of the 2008 ILL International Workshop on Particle Physics with Slow Neutrons; 13 pages, 2 figures