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Discrete minimal flavour violation

Discrete minimal flavour violation
Discrete minimal flavour violation
We investigate the consequences of replacing the global flavor symmetry of minimal flavor violation (MFV) SU(3)Q×SU(3)U×SU(3)D×[centered ellipsis] by a discrete [script D]Q×[script D]U×[script D]D×[centered ellipsis] symmetry. Goldstone bosons resulting from the breaking of the flavor symmetry generically lead to bounds on new flavor structure many orders of magnitude above the TeV scale. The absence of Goldstone bosons for discrete symmetries constitute the primary motivation of our work. Less symmetry implies further invariants and renders the mass-flavor basis transformation observable in principle and calls for a hierarchy in the Yukawa matrix expansion. We show, through the dimension of the representations, that the (discrete) symmetry in principle does allow for additional DeltaF=2 operators. If though the DeltaF=2 transitions are generated by two subsequent DeltaF=1 processes, as, for example, in the standard model, then the four crystal-like groups Sigma(168)[approximate]PSL(2,[openface F]7), Sigma(72phi), Sigma(216phi) and especially Sigma(360phi) do provide enough protection for a TeV-scale discrete MFV scenario. Models where this is not the case have to be investigated case by case. Interestingly Sigma(216phi) has a (nonfaithful) representation corresponding to an A4 symmetry. Moreover we argue that the, apparently often omitted, (D) groups are subgroups of an appropriate Delta(6g2). We would like to stress that we do not provide an actual model that realizes the MFV scenario nor any other theory of flavor.
1550-7998
076009-[13pp]
Zwicky, Roman
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Fischbacher, Thomas
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Zwicky, Roman
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Fischbacher, Thomas
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Zwicky, Roman and Fischbacher, Thomas (2009) Discrete minimal flavour violation. Physical Review D, 80 (7), 076009-[13pp]. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.80.076009).

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We investigate the consequences of replacing the global flavor symmetry of minimal flavor violation (MFV) SU(3)Q×SU(3)U×SU(3)D×[centered ellipsis] by a discrete [script D]Q×[script D]U×[script D]D×[centered ellipsis] symmetry. Goldstone bosons resulting from the breaking of the flavor symmetry generically lead to bounds on new flavor structure many orders of magnitude above the TeV scale. The absence of Goldstone bosons for discrete symmetries constitute the primary motivation of our work. Less symmetry implies further invariants and renders the mass-flavor basis transformation observable in principle and calls for a hierarchy in the Yukawa matrix expansion. We show, through the dimension of the representations, that the (discrete) symmetry in principle does allow for additional DeltaF=2 operators. If though the DeltaF=2 transitions are generated by two subsequent DeltaF=1 processes, as, for example, in the standard model, then the four crystal-like groups Sigma(168)[approximate]PSL(2,[openface F]7), Sigma(72phi), Sigma(216phi) and especially Sigma(360phi) do provide enough protection for a TeV-scale discrete MFV scenario. Models where this is not the case have to be investigated case by case. Interestingly Sigma(216phi) has a (nonfaithful) representation corresponding to an A4 symmetry. Moreover we argue that the, apparently often omitted, (D) groups are subgroups of an appropriate Delta(6g2). We would like to stress that we do not provide an actual model that realizes the MFV scenario nor any other theory of flavor.

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Published date: 23 October 2009
Additional Information: Imported from arXiv
Organisations: Physics & Astronomy, Engineering Sciences

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Local EPrints ID: 71711
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/71711
ISSN: 1550-7998
PURE UUID: 4cb933bb-a83f-428a-84dd-2aad757e8552

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Date deposited: 18 Dec 2009
Last modified: 13 Mar 2024 20:40

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Author: Roman Zwicky
Author: Thomas Fischbacher

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