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Flavor changing interactions mediated by scalars at the weak scale

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-10-22 v1

Abstract

The quark and lepton mass matrices possess approximate flavor symmetries. Several results follow if the interactions of new scalars possess these approximate symmetries. Present experimental bounds allow these exotic scalars to have a weak scale mass. The Glashow-Weinberg criterion is rendered unnecessary. Finally, rare leptonic B meson decays provide powerful probes of these scalars, especially if they are leptoquarks.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9206205,
  title  = {Flavor changing interactions mediated by scalars at the weak scale},
  author = {Aram Antaramian and Lawrence J. Hall and Andrija Rašin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9206205},
  year   = {2009}
}

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13 pages, report LBL-32345

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