Beauty Quark Sensitivity to Vacuum Chirality: The LHCb CP Violation Discovery as Geometric Impedance
Abstract
In July 2025, the LHCb collaboration reported the first observation of CP violation in baryon decays - a global asymmetry of roughly 2.45% in $\Lambda_b^0$ decays, measured with 5.2σ significance. This discovery addresses one of physics' notable mysteries: why the universe contains matter rather than annihilating into radiation. The Geometric Impedance of the Vacuum (GIV) framework provides a natural mechanism for this phenomenon. By treating decay rates as a geometric matching problem between hadron structure and vacuum grain, we identify beauty quarks - the heaviest stable quarks - as maximally sensitive probes of sub-femtometer geometry. We demonstrate that the same geometric suppression mechanism governing meson decay widths (scaling as $\Gamma/m \propto m^{-3.7}$) extends naturally to baryon CP violation. The framework suggests that if the vacuum possesses intrinsic chirality, compact systems like beauty baryons should exhibit systematic asymmetries of this magnitude. This paper provides specific, falsifiable predictions for $\Xi_b$ and $\Omega_b$ decays, testable with LHCb Run 3 data, offering a distinct alternative to standard CKM phenomenology.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 18 January 2026
- Document type
- Preprint