Anatomy and phenomenology of the lepton flavor universality in SUSY theories
Creators
- 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/10.1088/1126-6708/2008/11/042Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of High Energy Physics
- Journal Volume
- 11
- Journal Issue
- 2008
- Journal Page Range
- p. 042
- ISSN
- 1126-6708
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Italy
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 41111888
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCURACY; CERN LHC; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; FLAVOR MODEL; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LEPTONS; PARTICLE DECAY; PROBES; STANDARD MODEL; SUPERSYMMETRY; TAU PARTICLES; WEINBERG-SALAM GAUGE MODEL
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCELERATORS; COMPOSITE MODELS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; DECAY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EVALUATION; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; HEAVY LEPTONS; LEPTONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUARK MODEL; STORAGE RINGS; SYMMETRY; SYNCHROTRONS; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS; UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES