Published February 1, 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

B→Xsγ in supersymmetry with explicit CP violation

  • 1. Theoretical Physics Institute, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 (United States)

Description

We discuss B→Xsγ decay in both constrained and unconstrained supersymmetric models with explicit CP violation within the minimal flavor violation scheme by including tan β-enhanced large contributions beyond the leading order. In this analysis, we take into account the relevant cosmological and collider bounds, as well as electric dipole moment constraints. In the unconstrained model, there are portions of the parameter space yielding a large CP asymmetry at leading order (LO). In these regions, we find that the CP phases satisfy certain sum rules, e.g., the sum of the phases of the μ parameter and the top squark trilinear coupling centralize around π with a width determined by the experimental bounds. In addition, at large values of tan β, the sign of the CP asymmetry tracks the sign of the gluino mass, and the CP asymmetry is significantly larger than the LO prediction. In the constrained minimal supersymmetric standard model based on minimal supergravity, we find that the decay rate is sensitive to the phase of the universal trilinear coupling. This sensitivity decreases at large values of the universal gauino mass. We also show that, for a given set of the mass parameters, there exists a threshold value of the phase of the universal trilinear coupling which grows with tan β and beyond which the experimental bounds are satisfied. In both supersymmetric scenarios, the allowed ranges of the CP phases are wide enough to have phenomenological consequences

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
65
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 034007-034007.14
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract DE-FG02-94ER-40823
Notes
(c) 2002 The American Physical Society