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CP violation in the two-Higgs-doublet model: an example

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2010-11-01 v1

Abstract

In a general two-scalar-doublet model without fermions, there is a unique source of CP violation, J1 J_1 , in the gauge interactions of the scalars. It arises in the mixing of the three neutral physical scalars X1 X_1 , X2 X_2 and X3 X_3 . CP violation may be observed via different decay rates for X1H+W X_1 \rightarrow H^+ W^- and X1HW+ X_1 \rightarrow H^- W^+ (or, alternatively, for H+X1W+ H^+ \rightarrow X_1 W^+ and HX1W H^- \rightarrow X_1 W^- --- depending on which decays are kinematically allowed). I compute the part of those CP-violating decay-rate differences which is proportional to J1 J_1 . The CP-invariant final-state-interaction phase is provided by the absorptive parts of the one-loop diagrams. I check the gauge invariance of the whole calculation.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9409206,
  title  = {CP violation in the two-Higgs-doublet model: an example},
  author = {L. Lavoura},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9409206},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

13 pages LATEX, a bunch of figures that I can mail to you if you ask me as soon as you finish reading this (because afterwards I'll be in vacation)

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