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Application of a softly broken supersymmetric model to the properties of the scalar neutrino
Author(s) -
Howard E. Haber,
R. Michael Barnett,
Klaus S. Lackner
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
physical review. d. particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/physical review. d. particles and fields
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1089-4918
pISSN - 0556-2821
DOI - 10.1103/physrevd.29.1990
Subject(s) - physics , particle physics , supersymmetry , fermion , lepton , electroweak interaction , neutrino , scalar (mathematics) , quark , nuclear physics , electron , geometry , mathematics
We describe a simple, softly broken supersymmetric model of electroweak interactions. In its simplest form, supersymmetry breaking is imposed via explicit mass terms for scalar quarks and leptons. We apply this model to the discussion of the decay properties of the scalar neutrino ${\ensuremath{\nu}}_{s}$. The one-loop process ${\ensuremath{\nu}}_{s}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\nu}+\stackrel{\ifmmode \tilde{}\else \~{}\fi{}}{\ensuremath{\gamma}}$ ($\stackrel{\ifmmode \tilde{}\else \~{}\fi{}}{\ensuremath{\gamma}}=\mathrm{photino}$) is computed as well as multibody (tree-level) decays of the ${\ensuremath{\nu}}_{s}$. The relative branching ratios are crucial for determining the phenomenological signatures of the scalar neutrino. Complications to the model due to Majorana mass terms for the gauge fermions are discussed. Explicit Feynman rules for the model are listed.

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