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b -> s Transitions: A New Frontier for Indirect SUSY Searches
The present unitarity triangle fit, whose essential input is represented by
the s to d and b to d transition processes, fully agrees with the SM. However,
most of the phenomena involving b to s transitions are still largely unexplored
and hence b to s phenomenology still constitutes a place for new physics
manifestations, in spite of the tremendous experimental and theoretical
progress on B to X_s gamma. We perform a systematic study of the CP conserving
and violating SUSY contributions to b to s processes in a generic MSSM. We
consider gluino exchange contributions including NLO QCD corrections and
lattice hadronic matrix elements for Delta B = 2 and Delta B = 1 processes. We
take into account all available experimental information on processes involving
b to s transitions (B to X_s gamma, B to X_s l^+ l^- and the lower bound on the
B_s - bar B_s mass difference Delta M_s). We study the correlations among the
relevant observables under scrutiny at present or in a not too far future:
Delta M_s and the amount of CP violation in B to phi K_s, B_s to J/psi phi, B
to X_s gamma. In particular we discuss the recent data by BaBar and BELLE on
the time-dependent CP asymmetry in the decay B to phi K_s which suggest a
deviation from the SM expectation. Our results show that the processes
involving b to s transitions represent a splendid opportunity to constrain
different MSSM realizations, and, even more important, that they offer concrete
prospects to exhibit SUSY signals at B factories and hadron colliders in spite
of all the past frustration in FCNC searches of new physics hints.Comment: 20 pages, 8 figures. Bug in the code corrected, figures for RL and
RL=RR cases and some conclusions change
Worries and Hopes for SUSY in CKM Physics: The b to s Example
We discuss the twofold role of flavor and CP violation as a constraint in
model building and as a signal of SUSY. Considering as an example b to s
transitions, we analyze present bounds on SUSY parameters, discuss possible
deviations from SM predictions in Bd and Bs physics and present strategies to
reveal SUSY signals in present and future experiments in the CKM domain.Comment: Invited talks given by A. Masiero and L. Silvestrini at the Workshop
on the CKM Unitarity Triangle, IPPP Durham, April 2003 (eConf C0304052). 9
pages, 5 figure
Probing Supersymmetric Flavor Models with
We discuss the supersymmetric contribution to in various
supersymmetric flavor models. We find that in alignment models the
supersymmetric contribution could be significant while in heavy squark models
it is expected to be small. The situation is particularly interesting in models
that solve the flavor problems by either of the above mechanisms and the
remaining CP problems by means of approximate CP, that is, all CP violating
phases are small. In such models, the standard model contributions cannot
account for and a failure of the supersymmetric
contributions to do so would exclude the model. In models of alignment and
approximate CP, the supersymmetric contributions can account for
only if both the supersymmetric model parameters and the
hadronic parameters assume rather extreme values. Such models are then strongly
disfavored by the measurements. Models of heavy squarks
and approximate CP are excluded.Comment: 16 pages, harvmac. v2: We added a discussion of the intriguing
implications that would follow if a recent lattice result is confirme
SUSY in Rare and CP-Violating B Decays
In this talk we discuss rare B decays (b -> s gamma, b -> s g, b -> s l^+
l^-), B-\bar{B} oscillations and CP violation in B physics in the context of
low-energy SUSY. We outline the variety of predictions that arise according to
the choice of the SUSY extension ranging from what we call the "minimal"
version of the MSSM to models without flavour universality or with broken
R-parity. In particular, we provide a model-independent parameterization of the
SUSY FCNC and CP-violating effects which is useful in tackling the problem in
generic low-energy SUSY. We show how rare B decays and CP violation in B-decay
amplitudes may be complementary to direct SUSY searches at colliders, in
particular for what concerns extensions of the most restrictive version of the
MSSM.Comment: LaTeX, 13 pages. Talk given by A. Masiero at the 2nd International
Conference on B Physics and CP Violation (BCONF 97), Honolulu, HI, 24-28 Mar
199
Pre-LHC SUSY Searches: an Overview
We discuss the prospects for searches of low-energy supersymmetry in the time
interval separating us from the advent of LHC. In this period of time
"indirect" searches may play a very relevant role. We refer to manifestations
of supersymmetry in flavour changing neutral current and CP violating phenomena
and to signals of the lightest supersymmetric particle in searches of dark
matter. In the first part of the talk we critically review the status of the
minimal supersymmetric model to discuss the chances that direct and indirect
supersymmetric searches may have before the LHC start. In the second part we
point out what we consider to be the most promising grounds where departures
from the standard model prediction may signal the presence of new physics,
possibly of supersymmetric nature. We argue that the often invoked
complementarity of direct and indirect searches of low-energy supersymmetry is
becoming even more true in the pre-LHC era.Comment: LaTeX, 23 pages, invited talks given by A. Masiero at the Tropical
Workshop on Particle Physics and Cosmology and at the Second Latin American
Symposium on High Energy Physics, Puerto Rico, April 1-10, 199
Fermion Virtual Effects in Cross Section
We analyse the contribution of new heavy virtual fermions to the cross section. We find that there exists a relevant
interplay between trilinear and bilinear oblique corrections. The result
strongly depends on the chiral or vector--like nature of the new fermions. As
for the chiral case we consider sequential fermions: one obtains substantial
deviation from the Standard model prediction, making the effect possibly
detectable at or GeV linear colliders. As an example for
the vector--like case we take a SUSY extension with heavy charginos and
neutralinos: due to cancellation, the final effect turns out to be negligible.Comment: uuencoded, gz-compressed, tar-ed file. 8 pages, 4 EPS figures, uses
EPSFIG.ST
Two-body nonleptonic B decays in the Standard Model and beyond
We briefly discuss the phenomenology of B to pi pi, B to K pi and B to phi K
decays in the Standard Model and in Supersymmetry.Comment: 7 pages, 2 figures, uses moriond.sty. Talk given by L. Silvestrini at
the XXXIXth Rencontres de Moriond on ElectroWeak Interactions and Unified
Theories, La Thuile, Aosta Valley, Italy, March 21st-28th 200
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