Journal of High Energy Physics (Nov 2017)

Slepton non-universality in the flavor-effective MSSM

  • M. Luisa López-Ibáñez,
  • Aurora Melis,
  • M. Jay Pérez,
  • Oscar Vives

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2017)162
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2017, no. 11
pp. 1 – 27

Abstract

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Abstract Supersymmetric theories supplemented by an underlying flavor-symmetry Gf $$ {\mathcal{G}}_f $$ provide a rich playground for model building aimed at explaining the flavor structure of the Standard Model. In the case where supersymmetry breaking is mediated by gravity, the soft-breaking Lagrangian typically exhibits large tree-level flavor violating effects, even if it stems from an ultraviolet flavor-conserving origin. Building on previous work, we continue our phenomenological analysis of these models with a particular emphasis on leptonic flavor observables. We consider three representative models which aim to explain the flavor structure of the lepton sector, with symmetry groups Gf=Δ27 $$ {\mathcal{G}}_f=\Delta (27) $$, A 4, and S 3.

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