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A. Rosado

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Violation of CP and T in semileptonic decays due to scalar interactions

Observing charge-parity (CP) or time-reversal (T) violations in the leptonic sector will give useful information to elucidate the nature of neutrinos. CP-violating couplings in charged leptonic currents carry out the weak phases necessary to break these symmetries. Here we study the interference of $W^{\pm}$ and $H^{\pm}$ bosons mediated amplitudes as the origin of possible CP and T violation in semileptonic decays of $K^{\pm}$ mesons and $τ^{\pm}$ leptons. We use the experimental bound on the T-odd transverse polarization asymmetry in $K^+_{μ3}$ decays to predict an upper limit on the CP violating effects in $τ\to K πν$ decays. In the framework of this model with scalar-mediated interactions, we find that current limits on the former process indicate that the CP violating effects in the latter are much smaller than the limits reported so far.

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Flavor-changing neutral current in production and decay of pseudoscalar mesons in a type III two-Higgs-doublet-model with four-texture Yukawa couplings

We study flavor violating processes in the production or decay of a neutral pseudoscalar meson $P^0$ in the framework of a general two Higgs Doublet Model type III (2HDM-III). We use a version of the model where Yukawa interactions of neutral Higgs bosons allow for flavor change at the tree-level, but conserves CP symmetry. We focus on all possible $τ^{\pm} \to l^{\pm}P^0 $ and $P^0 \to l^+l'^-$ decay channels, where $l,l'$ are charged leptons. We find that these processes provide complementary information on quark and lepton FCNC Yukawa couplings. In particular flavor violating parameters in the quark sector, $χ_{sb}$ and $χ_{db}$, are significantly constrained by present experimental data, whereas the corresponding parameters in the leptonic sector are less constrained.

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Yukawa txtures and charged Higgs boson phenomenology in the type-III two-Higgs-doublet model

We discuss the implications of assuming a four-zero Yukawa texture for the properties of the charged Higgs boson within the context of the general 2-Higgs Doublet Model of Type III. We begin by presenting a detailed analysis of the charged Higgs boson couplings with heavy quarks and the resulting pattern for its decays. The production of charged Higgs bosons is also sensitive to the modifications of its couplings, so that we also evaluate the resulting effects on the top decay $t \to b H^{+}$ as well as on `direct' $c\bar{b}\to H^++c. c.$ and `indirect' $q\bar q,gg\to \bar t b H^++c. c.$ production. Significant scope exists at the Large Hadron Collider for several $H^\pm$ production and decay channels combined to enable one to distinguish between such a model and alternative 2-Higgs doublet scenarios.

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Effects of physics beyond the standard model on the neutrino charge radius: an effective Lagrangian approach

In this work, we look for possible new physics effects on the electromagnetic charge and anapole form factors, $f_Q(q^2)$ and $f_A(q^2)$, for a massless Dirac neutrino, when these quantities are calculated in the context of an effective electroweak Yang-Mills theory, which induces the most general $SU_L(2)$--invariant Lorentz tensor structure of nonrenormalizable type for the $WWγ$ vertex. It is found that in this context, besides the standard model contribution, the additional contribution to $f_{Q}(q^2)$ and $f_{A}(q^2)$ ($f_{Q}^{O_W}(q^2)$ and $f_{A}^{O_W}(q^2)$, respectively) are gauge independent and finite functions of $q^2$ after adopting a renormalization scheme. These form factors, $f_{Q}^{O_W}(q^2)$ and $f_{A}^{O_W}(q^2)$, get contribution at the one loop level only from the proper neutrino electromagnetic vertex. Besides, the relation $f_{Q}^{eff}(q^2)=q^2f_{A}^{eff}(q^2)$ ($f_{Q}^{eff}(q^2)=f_{Q}^{SM}(q^2)+f_{Q}^{O_W}(q^2)$, $f_{A}^{eff}(q^2)=f_{A}^{SM}(q^2)+f_{A}^{O_W}(q^2)$) is still fulfilled and hence the relation $a_ν^{eff} = < r^2_ν > ^{eff} /6$ ($a_ν^{eff} = a_ν^{SM}+ a_ν^{O_W}$, $ ^{eff} = < r^2_ν > ^{SM}+< r^2_ν > ^{O_W}$)is gotten, just as in the SM. Using the experimental constraint on the anomalous $WWγ$ vertex, a value for the additional contribution to the charge radius of $|< r^2_ν >^{O_W}| \lsim 10^{-34} cm^2$ is obtained, which is one order of magnitude lower than the SM value.

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Charged Higgs boson phenomenology in Supersymmetric models with Higgs triplets

We present a detailed study of the Higgs sector within an extension of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model that includes one Complex Higgs Triplet (MSSM+1CHT). The model spectrum includes three singly charged Higgs bosons as well as three CP-even (or scalar) and two CP-odd (or pseudoscalar) neutral Higgs bosons. We present an approximated calculation of the one-loop radiative corrections to the neutral CP-even Higgs masses ($m_{H_i^0}$) and the couplings $H_i^0 Z^0 Z^0$ ($i=1$, 2, 3), which determine the magnitude of the Higgs-strahlung processes $e^+ e^-\to Z^0 H^0_i$. Limits from LEP2 are then considered, in order to obtain bounds on the neutral Higgs sector. Further, we also include the experimental limits from LEP2 on $e^+e^-\to H^+H^-$ and those on BR($t \to b H^+$) from Tevatron, to derive bounds on the mass of the two lightest charged Higgs bosons ($H_1^{\pm}$ and $H_2^{\pm}$). Concerning the latter, we find some cases, where $m_{H_1^{\pm}} \simeq 90$ GeV, that are not excluded by any experimental bound, even for large values of $\tanβ$, so that they should be looked for at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

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Effects of charged Higgs bosons in the deep inelastic process ν_τ {\cal N} \to τ^- X and the possibility of detecting tau-neutrinos at cosmic neutrino detectors

We study the deep inelastic process $ν_τ + {\cal N} \to τ^{-} + X$ (with ${\cal N} \equiv (n+p)/2$ an isoscalar nucleon), in the context of the two Higgs doublet model type II (2HDM(II)). We discuss the contribution to the total cross section of diagrams, in which a charged Higgs boson is exchanged. We present results which show the strong dependence of such contribution on $\tanβ$ and $M_{H^{\pm}}$. We show that in the region $50 \leq \tanβ\leq 200$ and 90 GeV $\leq M_{H^{\pm}}\leq$ 600 GeV with the additional experimental constraint on the involved model parameters $M_{H^{\pm}} \geq 1.5 \times \tanβ$ GeV, the contribution of the charged Higgs boson exchange diagrams to the cross section of the charged current inclusive $ν_τ {\cal N}$ collision can become important. We obtain that this contribution for an inclusive dispersion generated through the collision of an ultrahigh energy tau-neutrino with $E_ν \approx 10^{20}$ eV on a target nucleon can be larger than the value of the contribution of the $W^{\pm}$ exchange diagrams, provided that $M_{H^{\pm}} \approx 300$ GeV and $\tanβ\approx 200$. Such enhancement and the induced variation on the mean inelasticity $ ^{CC}$ could lead to sizeable effects in the acceptance of cosmic tau-neutrino detectors at experiments such as HiRes, PAO, and the CRTNT, which are anchored to the ground, and at experiments such as EUSO and OWL, which are proposed to orbit around the Earth.

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Electroweak-Higgs Unification in the Two Higgs Doublet Model: Masses and Couplings of the Neutral and Charged Higgs Bosons

We obtain the mass spectrum and the Higgs self-coupling of the two Higgs doublet model (THDM) in an alternative unification scenario where the parameters of the Higgs potential $λ_i$ ($i=1,2,3,4,5$) are determined by imposing their unification with the electroweak gauge couplings. An attractive feature of this scenario is the possibility to determine the Higgs boson masses by evolving the $λ_i$,s from the electroweak-Higgs unification scale $M_{GH}$ down to the electroweak scale. The unification condition for the gauge ($g_1,g_2$) and Higgs couplings is written as $g_1=g_2=f(λ_i)$, where $g_1=k_Y^{1/2} g_Y$, and $k_Y$ being the normalization constant. Two variants for the unification condition are discussed; Scenario I is defined through the linear relation: $g_1=g_2=k_H(i)λ_i(M_{GH})$, while Scenario II assumes a quadratic relation: $g^2_1=g^2_2=k_H(i)λ_i(M_{GH})$. Working in Scenario I, fixing {\it ad hoc} $-k_H(5)={1/2} k_H(4)={3/2} k_H(3)=k_H(2)=k_H(1) =1$, taking $\tanβ=1$ and using the standard normalization ($k_Y=5/3$), we obtain the following spectrum for the Higgs boson masses $m_{h^0} = 109.1$ GeV, $m_{H^0} = 123.2$ GeV, $m_{A^0} = 115.5$ GeV, and $m_{H^{\pm}} = 80.3$ GeV, with similar results for other normalizations such as $k_Y=3/2$ and $k_Y=7/4$.

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Electroweak-Higgs Unification and the Higgs Boson Mass

We propose an alternative unification scenario where the Higgs self-coupling (lambda) is unified with the electroweak SU(2)L x U(1)Y interactions at an intermediate scale MGH, lower than the GUT scale. In this model the SM remains valid up to this scale MGH, where the gauge and Higgs couplings satisfy the unification condition g1 = g2 = f(lambda). Two variants for this unification condition are discussed; scenario I is defined through the linear relation: g1 = g2 = k lambda(MGH), while scenario II assumes a quadratic relation: g1**2 = g2**2 = k lambda(MGH). An attractive feature of this class of models is the possibility to determine the SM Higgs boson mass by evolving lambda back from MGH down to the electroweak scale; fixing k = O(1) we obtain a Higgs mass value mH approx. 200 GeV. Above MGH, the single coupling gH that describes the electroweak-Higgs interactions, keeps evolving until it unifies with the strong coupling constant. We discuss a realization o this unification scenario within the context of a six-dimensional SU(3)c x SU(3)w Gauge-Higgs unified model.

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Charged Higgs boson contribution to $ν_τ {\cal N} \to τ^- X$ for very large $\tanβ$ in the two Higgs doublet model with UHE-neutrinos

We study the deep inelastic process $ν_τ + {\cal N} \to τ^{-} + X$ (with ${\cal N} \equiv (n+p)/2$ an isoscalar nucleon), in the context of the two Higgs doublet model {\it type two} (2HDM(II)). In particular, we discuss the contribution to the total cross section of diagrams, in which a charged Higgs boson is exchanged. We show that for large values of $\tanβ$ such contribution for an inclusive dispersion generated through the collision of an ultrahigh energy tau-neutrino on a target nucleon can reach up to 57% of the value of the contribution of the $W^+$ exchange diagrams (i.e. can reach up to 57% of the standard model (SM) prediction) and could permit to distinguish between the SM and the 2HDM(II) predictions at the Pierre Auger Observatory.

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The decays h+- -> W-+ h0(a0) within an extension of the MSSM with one complex Higgs triplet

The vertex H+-W-+h0, involving the gauge bosons W-+, the charged (H+-) and the lightest neutral (h0) Higgs bosons, arises within the context of many extensions of the SM, and it can be used to probe the Higgs sector of such extensions via the decay H+- -> W+- h0. We discuss the strength of this vertex for an extension of the MSSM with an additional complex Higgs triplet. By using this model, we find regions of the parameter space where the decay H+- -> W+- h0 is not only kinematically allowed, but it also becomes an important decay mode and in some cases the dominant one.

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Production of W-+ with an anomalous magnetic moment via the collision of an ultrahigh-energy (anti)neutrino on a target nucleon

We discuss the production of W-+ bosons in deep inelastic processes (anti-nu)nu + nucleon --> l+- + W-+ + X, in the context of an electroweak model in which the vector boson self interactions may be different from those prescribed by the electroweak standard model. We present results which show the strong dependence of the cross section on the anomalous magnetic dipole moment kappa of the W+-. We show that even small deviations from the standard model value of kappa (kappa=1) could imply large deviations in the cross section rates of W-+ production through the collision of an ultrahigh energy (anti)neutrino on a target nucleon. However, the enhancement of the cross section rates is not large enough to be detectable.

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Mass matrix Ansatz and lepton flavor violation in the THDM-III

Predictive Higgs-fermion couplings can be obtained when a specific texture for the fermion mass matrices is included in the general two-Higgs doublet model. We derive the form of these couplings in the charged lepton sector using a Hermitian mass matrix Ansatz with four-texture zeros. The presence of unconstrained phases in the vertices phi-li-lj modifies the pattern of flavor-violating Higgs interactions. Bounds on the model parameters are obtained from present limits on rare lepton flavor violating processes, which could be extended further by the search for the decay tau -> mu mu mu and mu-e conversion at future experiments. The signal from Higgs boson decays phi -> tau mu could be searched at the large hadron collider (LHC), while e-mu transitions could produce a detectable signal at a future e mu-collider, through the reaction e mu -> h0 -> tau tau.

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Dirac Neutrino Anapole Moment

We calculate the Dirac neutrino anapole moment (a_{ν_l}) in the context of the Standard Model (SM) making use of the Dirac form factor F_D(q^2) introduced recently by J. Bernabeu, L. G. Cabral-Rosetti, J. Papavassiliou y J. Vidal by using the Pinch Technique (PT) formalism, working in two different gauge-fixing schemes (R_ξguage and the electroweak BFM), at the one loop level. We show that the neutrino anapole form factor F_A(q^2) and Dirac form factor F_D(q^2) are related as follows: F_A(q^2) = \frac{1}{q^2} F_D(q^2). Hence, the Dirac neutrino charge radius < r^2_{ν_l} > and the anapole moment satisfy the simple relation a_{ν_l} = {1/6} < r^2_{ν_l} >. Therefore, we show that the anapole moment (as the charge radius) of the neutrino is a physical quantity, which only gets contribution from the proper neutrino electromagnetic vertex (in electroweak BFM), and that a_{ν_l} is of the order 10^{-34} cm^2.

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Detection of Neutral MSSM Higgs Bosons at LEP-II and NLC

We study the possibility of detecting the neutral Higgs bosons predicted in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (h0, H0, A0), with the reactions e+ e- --> b b h0 (H0, A0), using the helicity formalism. We analyze the region of parameter space (m_A0-tan beta) where h0(H0, A0) could be detected in the limit when tan beta is large. The numerical computation is done for the energy which is expected to be available at LEP-II (sqrt{s} = 200 GeV) and for a possible Next Linear e+ e- Collider (sqrt{s}=500 GeV).

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