Constraints on Phases of Supersymmetric Flavour Conserving Couplings

In the unconstrained MSSM, we reanalyze the constraints on the phases of supersymmetric flavour conserving couplings that follow from the electron and neutron electric dipole moments (EDM). We find that the constraints become weak if at least one exchanged superpartner mass is >O(1 TeV) or if we accept large cancellations among different contributions. However, such cancellations have no evident underlying symmetry principle. For light superpartners, models with small phases look like the easiest solution to the experimental EDM constraints. This conclusion becomes stronger the larger is the value of $\tan\beta$. We discuss also the dependence of $\epsilon_K$, $\Delta m_B$ and $b\to s\gamma$ decay on those phases.Comment: 38 pages, 22 figures, uses epsfig.sty, axodraw.sty (not included); error in sign of gluino contribution to EDM of u and d quarks and few figures corrected, important conclusions unchange

Chargino searches at LEP for complex MSSM parameters

We reanalyze the results of the chargino searches at LEP (on the basis of the DELPHI 189 GeV data sample), including the possibility of complex MSSM parameters. We point out the possible differences between the complex- and real-parameter analysis. We check that the regions excluded by ``standard'' analyses remain generally robust against the introduction of complex parameters, with the exception of light sneutrino and low $\tan\beta$ scenario, where additional constraints like those given by the $Z^0$ width or electric dipole moment measurements are necessary.Comment: 27 pages, 16 figures, uses axodraw.st