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Parameter counting in models with global symmetries

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2014-11-18 v2

Abstract

We present rules for determining the number of physical parameters in models with exact flavor symmetries. In such models the total number of parameters (physical and unphysical) needed to described a matrix is less than in a model without the symmetries. Several toy examples are studied in order to demonstrate the rules. The use of global symmetries in studying the minimally supersymmetric standard model (MSSM) is examined.

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@article{arxiv.0811.1019,
  title  = {Parameter counting in models with global symmetries},
  author = {Joshua Berger and Yuval Grossman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0811.1019},
  year   = {2014}
}

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16 pages

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