Dark Left-Right Model: CDMS, LHC, etc

The Standard Model of particle interactions is extended to include fermion doublets (n,e)_R transforming under the gauge group SU(2)_R such that n is a Dirac scotino (dark-matter fermion), with odd R parity. Based on recent CDMS data, it is shown how this new dark left-right model (DLRM2) favors a Z' gauge boson at around 1 or 2 TeV and be observable at the LHC. The new W_R gauge bosons may also contribute significantly to lepton-flavor-changing processes such as mu to e gamma and mu-e conversion in a nucleus or muonic atom.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures, typo corrected, talk at Dark Side of Universe 2010, Leon, Mexic

Supersymmetric contributions to B --> K pi in the view of recent experimental result

Supersymmetric contributions to the branching ratios and CP asymmetries of B--> K pi decays are analyzed in the view of recent experimental measurements. We show that supersymmetry can still provide a natural solution to the apparent discrepancy between theses results and the standard model expectations. We emphasize that chargino contributions may enhance the electroweak penguin effects that can resolve to the B--> K pi puzzle. We also point out that a non-universal $A$-terms is an essential requirement for this solution.Comment: 9 pages, 2 figure

A simple symmetry as a guide toward new physics beyond the Standard Model

There exists one experimental result that cannot be explained by the Standard Model (SM), the current theoretical framework for particle physics: non-zero masses for the neutrinos (elementary particles travelling close to light speed, electrically neutral and weakly interacting). The SM assumes that they are massless. Therefore, particle physicists are now exploring new physics beyond the SM. There is strong anticipation that we are about to unravel it, in the form of new matter and/or forces, at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), presently running at CERN. We discuss a minimal extension of the SM, based on a somewhat larger version of its symmetry structure and particle content, that can naturally explain the existence of neutrino masses while also predicting novel signals accessible at the LHC, including a light Higgs boson, as evidenced by current data.Comment: 5 pages: version to be published in Frontiers in High-Energy and Astroparticle Physics following a change of title and minor changes to the tex

The B−LB-L Supersymmetric Standard Model with Inverse Seesaw at the Large Hadron Collider

We review the TeV scale $B-L$ extension of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (BLSSM) where an inverse seesaw mechanism of light neutrino mass generation is naturally implemented and concentrate on its hallmark manifestations at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).Comment: 26 pages, 4 tables, 13 figures, to appear in Reports on Progress in Physic

Upper bounds on SUSY contributions to b to s transitions from B_s - B_sbar mixing

We study the constraints on supersymmetric contributions to b to s transitions from the recent allowed range and measurement of Bs-Bsbar mixing obtained by the D0 and CDF collaborations at the Tevatron. We compute the upper bounds on the relevant off-diagonal squark mass terms and compare them with the bounds coming from Delta F=1 decays. We find that the constraints on chirality-flipping mass insertions are unaffected. Conversely, the measurement of Bs-Bsbar mixing is effective in constraining chirality-conserving mass insertions, and it has striking effects in the case in which left- and right-handed insertions have similar size. Finally, we discuss the phase of the Bs-Bsbar mixing amplitude in the presence of SUSY contributions.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures; v2: CDF measurement include

CP violation in supersymmetric theories

We review the present status of CP violating problem in supersymmetric extensions of the standard model. We analyze the constraints imposed by the experimental limits of the electron, neutron, and mercury electric dipole moments on the supersymmetric CP phases and show that only the scenarios with flavour-off- diagonal CP violation remain attractive. These scenarios require hermitian Yukawa matrices which naturally arise in models with left-right symmetry or a SU(3) flavour symmetry. In this case, epsilon_K and epsilon'/epsilon can be saturated by a small non-universality of the soft scalar masses through the gluino and chargino contributions respectively. The model also predicts a strong correlation between A_{CP}(b-> s gamma) and the neutron electric dipole moment. In this framework, the standard model gives a the leading contribution to the CP asymmetry in B ->psi K_S decay, while the dominant chargino contribution to this asymmetry is < 0.2. Thus, no constraint is set on the non-universality of this model by the recent BaBar and Belle measureets.Comment: 34 pages, 10 figures. Invited review article for International Journal of Modern Physics

Chargino Contributions to Epsilon and Epsilon-Prime

We analyze the chargino contributions to the K-\bar K mixing and epsilon-prime in the mass insertion approximation and derive the corresponding bounds on the mass insertion parameters. We find that the chargino contributions can significantly enlarge the regions of the parameter space where CP violation can be fully supersymmetric. In principle, the observed values of epsilon and epsilon-prime may be entirely due to the chargino -- up-squark loops.Comment: 9 pages, 2 figures, to appear in PL