Published November 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Anatomy and phenomenology of the lepton flavor universality in SUSY theories

  • 1. Dipartimento di Fisica 'G. Galilei', Universita di Padova, via Marzolo 8, I-35131, Padua (Italy)
  • 2. Physik-Department, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, D-85748 Garching (Germany)
  • 3. Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Roma 'Tor Vergata', via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, I-00133, Rome (Italy)

Description

High precision electroweak tests, such as deviations from the Standard Model expectations of the Lepton Flavor Universality (LFU) breaking in K → lνl (with l = e or μ), represent a powerful tool to test the Standard Model and, hence, to constrain or obtain indirect hints of New Physics beyond it. We explore such a possibility within Supersymmetric theories. Interestingly enough, a process that in itself does not need lepton flavor violation to occur, i.e. the violation of μ-e non-universality in K → lνl, proves to be quite effective in constraining not only relevant regions of SUSY models where lepton flavor is conserved, but even those where specific lepton flavor violating contributions arise. Indeed, a comparison with analogous bounds coming from τ lepton flavor violating decays shows the relevance of the measurement of RKe/μ = Γ(K → eν)/Γ(K → μν) to probe Lepton Flavor Violation in SUSY. We outline the role and the interplay of the direct New Physics searches at the LHC with the indirect searches performed by LFU tests.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2008/11/042

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal Volume
11
Journal Issue
2008
Journal Page Range
p. 042
ISSN
1126-6708