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Publications and source records attributed to Pietro Slavich.
We present a computation of the O(at*as + at^2) two--loop corrections to the MSSM Higgs masses. An appropriate use of the effective potential approach allows us to obtain simple analytical formulae, valid for arbitrary values of mA and of the mass parameters in the stop sector. In a large region of the parameter space the O(at^2) corrections are comparable to the O(at*as) ones, increasing the prediction for mh by several GeV.
We compute the O(alpha_t^2) two-loop corrections to the neutral CP-even Higgs boson mass matrix in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model, for arbitrary values of mA and of the parameters in the stop sector, in the effective potential approach. In a large region of parameter space these corrections are sizeable, increasing the prediction for mh by several GeV. We present explicit analytical formulae for a simplified case. We discuss the inclusion of momentum-dependent corrections and some possible ways of assigning the input parameters.
We compute the O(alpha_t alpha_s) two-loop corrections to the neutral Higgs boson masses in the Minimal Supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model. An appropriate use of the effective potential allows us to obtain simple analytical formulae, valid for arbitrary values of mA and of the mass parameters in the stop sector. We elucidate some subtleties of the effective potential calculation, and find full agreement with the numerical output of the existing diagrammatic calculation. We discuss in detail the limit of heavy gluino.
We perform a critical reassessment of the constraints on the R-parity and baryon number violating (s)top couplings coming from flavor physics. In particular, we study K0-K0bar mixing, including QCD corrections and a class of diagrams that were neglected in previous analyses: both effects give sizeable contributions. We explain how the resulting bounds can be translated into constraints on individual couplings in the simplest class of flavor models, based on U(1) horizontal symmetries. We finally discuss the implications for the possibility of observing single superparticle production at the Tevatron.
It was recently claimed that single stop production at the Tevatron, occurring via R-parity (and baryon number) violating couplings, could lead to observable signals. In this talk I present some results of a work in progress, showing that rare B decays and K0-K0bar mixing strongly constrain such a possibility.