Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
1995-04-28
Nucl.Phys.B452:496-512,1995
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
17 pages, Latex + epsf macros, 5 postscript figures uuencoded and attached at bottom
Scientific paper
10.1016/0550-3213(95)00421-N
The supersymmetric $SU(3)\times SU(2)\times U(1)$ theory with minimal particle content and general soft supersymmetry breaking terms has 110 physical parameters in its flavor sector: 30 masses, 39 real mixing angles and 41 phases. The absence of an experimental indication for the plethora of new parameters places severe constraints on theories posessing Planck or GUT-mass particles and suggests that theories of flavor conflict with naturalness. We illustrate the problem by studying the processes $\mu \rightarrow e + \gamma$ and $K^0 - \bar{K}^0$ mixing which are very sensitive probes of Planckian physics: a single Planck mass particle coupled to the electron or the muon with a Yukawa coupling comparable to the gauge coupling typically leads to a rate for $\mu \rightarrow e + \gamma$ exceeding the present experimental limits. A possible solution is that the messengers which transmit supersymmetry breaking to the ordinary particles are much lighter than $M_{\rm Planck}$.
Dimopoulos Savas
Sutter Dave
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