Can εprime/ε be supersymmetric
Description
Supersymmetric contributions to εprime/ε have been generally regarded as small. We point out, however, that this is based on specific assumptions, such as universal scalar mass, and in general need not be true. Based on (1) hierarchical quark Yukawa matrices protected by flavor symmetry, (2) generic dependence of Yukawa matrices on Polonyi/moduli fields as expected in many supergravity/superstring theories, (3) Cabibbo rotation originating from the down-sector, and (4) phases of order unity, we find the typical supersymmetric contribution to εprime/ε to be of order 3 x 10-3 for m = 500 GeV, possibly dominating the reported KTeV Collaboration value εprime/ε = (28 ± 4.1) x 10-4. If so, the neutron electric dipole moment is likely to be within the reach of the currently planned experiments
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Available from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., CA (United States)Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 4 p.
- Report number
- LBNL--42967
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 32008151
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENTS; MATRICES; NEUTRONS; QUARKS; SUPERSYMMETRY; SYMMETRY
- Descriptors DEC
- BARYONS; DIPOLE MOMENTS; ELECTRIC MOMENTS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRONS; NUCLEONS; SYMMETRY
Optional Information
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- AC03-76SF00098
- Funding organization
- USDOE Director, Office of Science. Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics. Division of High Energy Physics (United States); National Science Foundation (United States)