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CP violation and CKM predictions from Discrete Torsion

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-07 v4 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We present a supersymmetric D-brane model that has CP spontaneously broken by discrete torsion. The low energy physics is largely independent of the compactification scheme and the kahler metric has `texture zeros' dictated by the choice of discrete torsion. This motivates a simple ansatz for the kahler metric which results in a CKM matrix given in terms of two free parameters, hence we predict a single mixing angle and the CKM phase. The CKM phase is predicted to be close to Pi/3.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0205031,
  title  = {CP violation and CKM predictions from Discrete Torsion},
  author = {S. A. Abel and A. W. Owen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0205031},
  year   = {2009}
}

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21 pages, 8 figures, 1 Table. Significant modifications and generalisation. Version to be published