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Triple product correlations in top squark decays
We propose several T-odd asymmetries in the decay chains of the top squarks
and and , for . We
calculate the asymmetries within the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model with
complex parameters , and . We give the analytic formulae for
the decay distributions. We present numerical results for the asymmetries and
estimate the event rates necessary to observe them. The largest T-odd asymmetry
can be as large as 40%.Comment: 26 pages, 5 figures; misprints corrected; reference adde
Consistency tests for the extraction of the Boer-Mulders and Sivers functions
At present, the Boer-Mulders (BM) function for a given quark flavor is extracted from data on semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering (SIDIS) using the simplifying assumption that it is proportional to the Sivers function for that flavor. In a recent paper, we suggested that the consistency of this assumption could be tested using information on so-called difference asymmetries i.e. the difference between the asymmetries in the production of particles and their antiparticles. In this paper, using the SIDIS COMPASS deuteron data on the ⟨ cos ϕ h ⟩ , ⟨ cos 2 ϕ h ⟩ and Sivers difference asymmetries, we carry out two independent consistency tests of the assumption of proportionality, but here applied to the sum of the valence-quark contributions. We find that such an assumption is compatible with the data. We also show that the proportionality assumptions made in the existing parametrizations of the BM functions are not compatible with our analysis, which suggests that the published results for the Boer-Mulders functions for individual flavors are unreliable. The ⟨ cos ϕ h ⟩ and ⟨ cos 2 ϕ h ⟩ asymmetries receive contributions also from the, in principle, calculable Cahn effect. We succeed in extracting the Cahn contributions from experiment (we believe for the first time) and compare with their calculated values, with interesting implications
Complete 1-Loop Calculation of the T-violating D-Parameter in Neutron Decay in the MSSM
We investigate the violation of time reversal invariance in the decay of the
free neutron in the framework of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model
(MSSM). The coefficient of the triple product of the neutron spin and the
momenta of electron and neutrino, the so called D parameter, is computed at one
loop order including all diagrams. We find that D is mainly sensitive to the
trilinear A coupling in the squark sector and to the phase of the coefficient
\mu which mixes the two Higgs superfields. The maximal MSSM contribution using
parameters still allowed by experiment is however at D \approx 10^{-7}, while
QED final state interactions give a value of D_{fsi} = - 2.3 * 10^{-5}.
Explicit expressions for all relevant diagrams are given in an Appendix.Comment: 24 pages, 14 figures; Improved scanning of parameter space leads to
some numerical change, but the basic conclusion remains unchange
CP violating asymmetry in decays
The CP violating asymmetry from the decay rates of
charged Higgs bosons into the lightest neutral Higgs boson and a boson
is calculated and discussed in the complex MSSM. The contributions from all
complex phases are considered, especially from the top-squark trilinear
coupling, which induces a large contribution to the CP asymmetry.Comment: 19 pages, 10 figures, version published in JHE
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