We discuss the landscape of flavor physics at the Circular Electron-Positron Collider(CEPC),based on the nominal luminosity outlined in its Technical Design Report.The CEPC is designed to operate in multiple modes to ...We discuss the landscape of flavor physics at the Circular Electron-Positron Collider(CEPC),based on the nominal luminosity outlined in its Technical Design Report.The CEPC is designed to operate in multiple modes to address a variety of tasks.At the Z pole,the expected production of 4 Tera Z bosons will provide unique and highly precise measurements of Z boson couplings,while the substantial number of boosted heavy-flavored quarks and leptons produced in clean Z decays will facilitate investigations into their flavor physics with unprecedented precision.We investigate the prospects of measuring various physics benchmarks and discuss their implications for particle theories and phenomenological models.Our studies indicate that,with its highlighted advantages and anticipated excellent detector performance,the CEPC can explore beauty andτphysics in ways that are superior to or complementary with the Belle II and Large-Hadron-Collider-beauty experiments,potentially enabling the detection of new physics at energy scales of 10 TeV and above.This potential also extends to the observation of yet-to-be-discovered rare and exotic processes,as well as testing fundamental principles such as lepton flavor universality,lepton and baryon number conservation,etc.,making the CEPC a vibrant platform for flavor physics research.The WW threshold scan,Higgs-factory operation and top-pair productions of the CEPC further enhance its merits in this regard,especially for measuring the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix elements,and Flavor-Changing-NeutralCurrent physics of Higgs boson and top quarks.We outline the requirements for detector performance and considerations for future development to achieve the anticipated scientific goals.The role of machine learning for innovative detector design and advanced reconstruction algorithms is also stressed.The CEPC flavor physics program not only develops new capabilities for exploring flavor physics beyond existing projects but also enriches the physics opportunities of this machine.It should be remarked that,given the richness of the CEPC flavor physics,this manuscript is not meant to be a comprehensive survey,but rather an investigation of representative cases.Uncovering the full potential of flavor physics at the CEPC will require further dedicated explorations in the future.展开更多
I.EXECUTIVE SUMMARY next-generation,high-intensity electron-positron collider"Higgs factory",such as the Circular Electron-Positron Collider(CEPC),is among the highest priorities for the global high-energy c...I.EXECUTIVE SUMMARY next-generation,high-intensity electron-positron collider"Higgs factory",such as the Circular Electron-Positron Collider(CEPC),is among the highest priorities for the global high-energy collider physics community.The CEPC can provide unprecedented opportunities for making fundamental discoveries and providing decisive insights in the quest for a"New Standard Model(SM)"of nature's fundamental interactions.The CEPC could:·Identify the origin of matter,especially the mechanism related to the first-order phase transition in the early Universe,which could produce a detectable gravitational wave signal.展开更多
基金financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(12125507,12047503,12035008,2211530479,12475094,12135006,12075097,12375086,2022YFA1601903,12061141007,12375091,12342502,12235018,12335003,12105100,12475106,11961141015,12188102,12175245,12205171,12321005,tsqn202312052,2024HWYQ-005,12405121,12447167,12061141006,12405102,12125503,12305115,12075213,12335005,12235008)the Chinese Academy of Sciences(YSBR-101,XDB34030000)+11 种基金the National Key R&D Program of China(2022YFE0116900,2023YFA1606703,2022YFA1601901)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2023YFA1606300)the Excellent Postdoctoral Program of Jiangsu Province(2023ZB891)the Shenzhen Science and Technology Program(202206193000001,20220816094256002)the Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of Henan Province(242300421046)the Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation(JQ22002)the Area of Excellence(AoE/P-404/18-3)the General Research Fund(16304321)(both grants are issued by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong S.A.R)the MOST National Key R&D Program(2023YFA1606303)the Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and CosmologyKey Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology(Ministry of Education)Shanghai Jiao Tong University。
文摘We discuss the landscape of flavor physics at the Circular Electron-Positron Collider(CEPC),based on the nominal luminosity outlined in its Technical Design Report.The CEPC is designed to operate in multiple modes to address a variety of tasks.At the Z pole,the expected production of 4 Tera Z bosons will provide unique and highly precise measurements of Z boson couplings,while the substantial number of boosted heavy-flavored quarks and leptons produced in clean Z decays will facilitate investigations into their flavor physics with unprecedented precision.We investigate the prospects of measuring various physics benchmarks and discuss their implications for particle theories and phenomenological models.Our studies indicate that,with its highlighted advantages and anticipated excellent detector performance,the CEPC can explore beauty andτphysics in ways that are superior to or complementary with the Belle II and Large-Hadron-Collider-beauty experiments,potentially enabling the detection of new physics at energy scales of 10 TeV and above.This potential also extends to the observation of yet-to-be-discovered rare and exotic processes,as well as testing fundamental principles such as lepton flavor universality,lepton and baryon number conservation,etc.,making the CEPC a vibrant platform for flavor physics research.The WW threshold scan,Higgs-factory operation and top-pair productions of the CEPC further enhance its merits in this regard,especially for measuring the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix elements,and Flavor-Changing-NeutralCurrent physics of Higgs boson and top quarks.We outline the requirements for detector performance and considerations for future development to achieve the anticipated scientific goals.The role of machine learning for innovative detector design and advanced reconstruction algorithms is also stressed.The CEPC flavor physics program not only develops new capabilities for exploring flavor physics beyond existing projects but also enriches the physics opportunities of this machine.It should be remarked that,given the richness of the CEPC flavor physics,this manuscript is not meant to be a comprehensive survey,but rather an investigation of representative cases.Uncovering the full potential of flavor physics at the CEPC will require further dedicated explorations in the future.
基金the Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(11905162,12035008,12075097,12075123,12090060,12090064,12105248,12135006,12175039,12205227,12205312,12205387,12205171,12235008,12321005,12235001,12305094,12305115,12335005,12375091,12375094,12375096,11975129,12375194,12447167,12475094,12475101,12475106,12475111,12425506,12375101,12405119,12405101,12505121,12135007,12175218,12075213,12335005,12175243,12533001,12125503,12305103,12505120,12575099,12505122,12342502,12575106,12147214,W2432006,W2441004)the National Key R&D Program of China(2024YFA1610603)+22 种基金the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2023M732255,2025M773403,GZC20231613)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK20210201)the Natural Science Foundation of Henan(Distinguished Young Scholars of Henan Province)(242300421046)the Natural Science Foundation of Sichuan Province(2025ZNSFSC0880)the Guangdong Major Project of Basic and Applied Basic Research(2020B0301030008)the Department of Science and Technology of Shandong province(tsqn202312052,2024HWYQ-005)the Startup Research Fund of Henan Academy of Sciences(20251820001)the Excellent Young Talents Program of Wuhan University of Technology(40122102)the research program of the Wuhan University of Technology(3120625397,2020IB024)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(JZ2023HGTB0222,WUT:2022IVA052)the Excellent Scholar Project of Southeast University(Class A)the Big Data Computing Center of Southeast University,National Science and Technology Council,the Ministry of Education(Higher Education Sprout Project NTU-114L104022-1)the Center for Theoretical Sciences of Taiwan,and Vietnam National Foundation for Science and Technology Development(NAFOSTED)(103.01-2023.50)the Research Office of the University of the Witwatersrand and South African Department of Science and Innovation through the SA-CERN programthe self-determined research funds of Central China Normal University from the colleges'basic research and operation of MOE(CCNU24AI003)SJTU Double First Class start-up fund(WF220442604)the Innovation Capability Support Program of Shaanxi(2021KJXX-47)the Slovenian Research Agency under the research core funding No.P1-0035,the research grants J1-3013,N1-0253,CONICET,ANPCyT under project(PICT-2021-00374)Higher Education Sprout Project(NTU-114L104022-1)KIAS Individual Grants(PG086002)at the Korea Institute for Advanced Study,FAPESP(2021/09547-9)the Slovenian Research Agency under the research core funding(P1-0035)research grants J1-3013,N1-0253the bilateral project Proteus PR-12696/Projet 50194VC。
文摘I.EXECUTIVE SUMMARY next-generation,high-intensity electron-positron collider"Higgs factory",such as the Circular Electron-Positron Collider(CEPC),is among the highest priorities for the global high-energy collider physics community.The CEPC can provide unprecedented opportunities for making fundamental discoveries and providing decisive insights in the quest for a"New Standard Model(SM)"of nature's fundamental interactions.The CEPC could:·Identify the origin of matter,especially the mechanism related to the first-order phase transition in the early Universe,which could produce a detectable gravitational wave signal.
