Searches for beyond-the-Standard-Model Physics with nucleons and nuclei

Jordy de Vries (Hosted by Pastore), University of Massachusetts - Amherst

The search for physics beyond the Standard Model is often associated with high-energy collider experiments such as the LHC at CERN. However, low-energy precision experiments can indirectly probe high energy scales and are very complementary in the search for explanations of outstanding questions such as the matter/antimatter asymmetry, the nature of dark matter, and the origin of neutrino masses. Low-energy experiments, however, often involve complex systems such as hadrons and nuclei which muddles the interpretation of the data. I will discuss a framework based on effective field theory to interpret several experiments involving (light) nuclei, such as searches for electric dipole moments or the violation of Baryon/Lepton number, in the language of particle physics.