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We study dimension-seven operators in standard model effective field theory. These operators are classified into two sets, one violating lepton number but preserving baryon number (ΔL = ±2, ΔB = 0) and the other violating both but preserving their sum (−ΔL = ΔB = ±1). It has been found in the previous literature that there are respectively 13 and 7 such independent operators. We show that one operator is redundant in each set so that the complete list contains only 12 and 6 operators respectively. We accomplish this by using standard model equations of motion and various Fierz identities. We calculate the one-loop anomalous dimension matrix for the 6 operators in the second set, and illustrate its possible phenomenological implications by working out renormalization group running of the Wilson coefficients that could contribute to the type of proton decays with −ΔL = ΔB = ±1, such as p → νπ +.
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Liao, Y., Ma, XD. Renormalization group evolution of dimension-seven baryon- and lepton-number-violating operators. J. High Energ. Phys. 2016, 43 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2016)043
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