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Recent progress on CP violation in $K\to \pi \pi$ decays in the SM and a supersymmetric solution

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2017-04-05 v1

Abstract

Using the recent first lattice results of the RBC-UKQCD collaboration for KππK \to \pi\pi decays, we perform a phenomenological analysis of ϵK/ϵK\epsilon_K^{\prime}/\epsilon_K and find a discrepancy between SM prediction and experiments by 3σ\sim 3\,\sigma. We discuss an explanation by new physics. The well-understood value of ϵK\epsilon_K, which quantifies indirect CPCP violation, however, typically prevents large new physics contributions to ϵK/ϵK\epsilon_K^{\prime}/\epsilon_K. In this talk, we show a solution of the ϵK/ϵK\epsilon_K^{\prime}/\epsilon_K discrepancy in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model with squark masses above 3 TeV without fine-tuning of CPCP phases. In this solution, the Trojan penguin diagram gives large isospin-breaking contributions which enhance ϵK\epsilon_K^{\prime}, while the contribution to ϵK\epsilon_K is suppressed thanks to the Majorana nature of gluinos.

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@article{arxiv.1611.08278,
  title  = {Recent progress on CP violation in $K\to \pi \pi$ decays in the SM and a supersymmetric solution},
  author = {Teppei Kitahara and Ulrich Nierste and Paul Tremper},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.08278},
  year   = {2017}
}

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6 pages, 4 figures; Contribution to proceedings of KAON 2016 conference, Birmingham, UK, 14-17 September 2016