223 research outputs found
Lepton flavor violation beyond the MSSM
Most extensions of the Standard Model lepton sector predict large lepton
flavor violating rates. Given the promising experimental perspectives for
lepton flavor violation in the next few years, this generic expectation might
offer a powerful indirect probe to look for new physics. In this review we will
cover several aspects of lepton flavor violation in supersymmetric models
beyond the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model. In particular, we will
concentrate on three different scenarios: high-scale and low-scale seesaw
models as well as models with R-parity violation. We will see that in some
cases the LFV phenomenology can have characteristic features for specific
scenarios, implying that dedicated studies must be performed in order to
correctly understand the phenomenology in non-minimal supersymmetric models.Comment: 47 pages, 11 figures; v3: references added. Prepared for
"Supersymmetry beyond the NMSSM
Theory and phenomenology of lepton flavor violation
The field of lepton flavor violation will live an era of unprecedented
developments in the near future, with dedicated experiments in different
fronts. The observation of a flavor violating process involving charged leptons
would be a clear evidence of physics beyond the Standard Model, thus motivating
the great effort in this direction. Furthermore, in case a positive signal is
found, a proper theoretical understanding of the lepton flavor anatomy of a
given model would become necessary. Here I briefly review the current
situation, emphasizing the most relevant theoretical and phenomenological
aspects of several processes. Finally, I discuss two topics that have received
some attention recently: lepton flavor violation in low-scale seesaw models and
lepton flavor violating Higgs decays.Comment: Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on the CKM Unitarity
Triangle (CKM 2014), Vienna, Austria, September 8-12, 201
Lepton Flavor Violation in a model for the anomalies
In recent years, several observables associated to semileptonic
processes have been found to depart from their predicted values in the Standard
Model, including a few tantalizing hints of lepton flavor universality
violation. In this work we consider an existing model with a massive
boson that addresses the anomalies in transitions and extend it with
a non-trivial embedding of neutrino masses. We analyze lepton flavor violating
effects, induced by the non-universal interaction associated to the
anomalies and by the new physics associated to the neutrino mass generation,
and determine the expected ranges for the most relevant observables.Comment: 19 pages, 5 figures; v2: added references; v3: added references and
expanded discussion on collider limits; v4: minor editions, matches published
versio
Higgs lepton flavor violating decays in Two Higgs Doublet Models
The discovery of a non-zero rate for a lepton flavor violating decay mode of
the Higgs boson would definitely be an indication of New Physics. We review the
prospects for such signal in Two Higgs Doublet Models, in particular for Higgs
boson decays into final states. We will show that this scenario
contains all the necessary ingredients to provide large flavor violating rates
and still be compatible with the stringent limits from direct searches and
low-energy flavor experiments.Comment: 31 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables. Invited Review for the research topic
"Lepton-Flavor-Violating Decays of the Higgs Boson" in Frontiers in Physics.
v2: minor changes and additions, matches published versio
The LHC diphoton resonance from gauge symmetry
Motivated by what is possibly the first sign of new physics seen at the LHC,
the diphoton excess at GeV in ATLAS and CMS, we present a model that
provides naturally the necessary ingredients to explain the resonance. The
simplest phenomenological explanation for the diphoton excess requires a new
scalar state, , as well as additional vector-like (VL) fermions
introduced in an ad-hoc way in order to enhance its decays into a pair of
photons and/or increase its production cross-section. We show that the
requiered VL quarks and their couplings can emerge naturally from a complete
framework based on the gauge symmetry.Comment: 8 pages; 2 figures. v2: new references. v3: matches published version
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