Charged Lepton Flavor Violation in the Semi-Constrained NMSSM with Right-Handed Neutrinos

We study the \mu \to e \gamma decay in the Z_3-invariant next-to-minimal supersymmetric (SUSY) Standard Model (NMSSM) with superheavy right-handed neutrinos. We assume that the soft SUSY breaking parameters are generated at the GUT scale, not universally as in the minimal supergravity scenario but in such a way that those soft parameters which are specific to the NMSSM can differ from the soft parameters which involve only the MSSM fields while keeping the universality at the GUT scale within the soft parameters for the MSSM and right-handed neutrino fields. We call this type of boundary conditions "semi-constrained". In this model, the lepton-flavor-violating off-diagonal elements of the slepton mass matrix are induced by radiative corrections from the neutrino Yukawa couplings, just like as in the MSSM extended with the right-handed neutrinos, and these off-diagonal elements induce sizable rates of \mu \to e \gamma depending on the parameter space. Since this model has more free parameters than the MSSM, the parameter region favored from the Higgs boson mass can slightly differ from that in the MSSM. We show that there is a parameter region in which the \mu \to e \gamma decay can be observable in the near future even if the SUSY mass scale is about 4 TeV.Comment: 16 pages, 3 figures. v2: reference added, typos corrected. v3: put more emphasis on the difference from the MSSM + \nu_R model, reference added, typos corrected, version to appear in Phys. Lett.

750 GeV Diphotons: Implications for Supersymmetric Unification II

Perturbative supersymmetric gauge coupling unification is possible in six theories where complete SU(5) TeV-scale multiplets of vector matter account for the size of the reported $750~{\rm GeV}$ diphoton resonance, interpreted as a singlet multiplet $S = (s+ia)/\sqrt{2}$. One of these has a full generation of vector matter and a unified gauge coupling $\alpha_G \sim 1$. The diphoton signal rate is enhanced by loops of vector squarks and sleptons, especially when the trilinear $A$ couplings are large. If the $SH_u H_d$ coupling is absent, both $s$ and $a$ can contribute to the resonance, which may then have a large apparent width if the mass splitting from $s$ and $a$ arises from loops of vector matter. The width depends sensitively on $A$ parameters and phases of the vector squark and slepton masses. Vector quarks and/or squarks are expected to be in reach of the LHC. If the $SH_uH_d$ coupling is present, $a$ leads to a narrow diphoton resonance, while a second resonance with decays $s \rightarrow hh, W^+ W^-,ZZ$ is likely to be discovered at future LHC runs. In some of the theories a non-standard origin or running of the soft parameters is required, for example involving conformal hidden sector interactions.Comment: 26 pages, 11 figure

750 GeV Diphotons: Implications for Supersymmetric Unification

A recent signal of 750 GeV diphotons at the LHC can be explained within the framework of supersymmetric unification by the introduction of vector quarks and leptons with Yukawa couplings to a singlet S that describes the 750 GeV resonance. We study the most general set of theories that allow successful gauge coupling unification, and find that these Yukawa couplings are severely constrained by renormalization group behavior: they are independent of ultraviolet physics and flow to values at the TeV scale that we calculate precisely. As a consequence the vector quarks and leptons must be light; typically in the region of 375 GeV to 700 GeV, and in certain cases up to 1 TeV. The 750 GeV resonance may have a width less than the experimental resolution; alternatively, with the mass splitting between scalar and pseudoscalar components of S arising from one-loop diagrams involving vector fermions, we compute an apparent width of 10s of GeV.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures; to appear in JHE

Retention properties with high-temperature resistance in (Bi,Pr)(Fe,Mn)O3 thin film capacitor

(Bi0.9Pr0.1)(Fe0.97Mn0.03)O3 (BPFM) thin film was deposited on Pt-coated Si(100) substrate by chemical solution deposition. Remnant polarization and coercive field in the BPFM film capacitor were 113 °C/cm2 and 630 kV/cm at the maximum electric field of 1000 kV/cm, respectively. Switching charge measured by a rectangular pulse measurement was 118 °C/cm2. Almost no polarization losses of BPFM film capacitor were observed even after retention time of 104 s at room temperature. Furthermore, the polarization loss at 450 °C was only 3.7% even after 104 s. These results indicate that BPFM film capacitor is suitable for non-volatile memory applications at high temperature. © 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim

Composite Models for the 750 GeV Diphoton Excess

We present composite models explaining the diphoton excess of mass around 750 GeV recently reported by the LHC experiments.Comment: 7 pages, 1 figure; matches the published versio