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Shaaban Khalil

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arXiv2015

Single Field Inflation in Supergravity with a $U(1)$ Gauge Symmetry

A single field inflation based on a supergravity model with a shift symmetry and $U(1)$ extension of the MSSM is analyzed. We show that one of the real components of the two $U(1)$ charged scalar fields plays the role of inflaton {with} an effective scalar potential similar to the "new chaotic inflation" scenario. Both non-anomalous and anomalous (with Fayet-Iliopoulos term) $U(1)$ are studied. We show that the non-anomalous $U(1)$ scenario is consistent with data of the cosmic microwave background and recent astrophysical measurements. A possible kinetic mixing between $U(1)$ {and} $U(1)_{B-L}$ is considered in order to allow for natural decay channels of the inflaton, leading to a reheating epoch. Upper limits on the reheating temperature thus turn out to favour an intermediate ($\sim {\cal O}(10^{13})$ GeV) scale $B-L$ symmetry breaking.

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arXiv2015

Aspects of moduli stabilization in type IIB string theory

We review moduli stabilization in type IIB string theory compactification with fluxes. We focus on the KKLT and Large Volume Scenario (LVS). We show that the predicted soft SUSY breaking terms in KKLT model are not phenomenological viable. In LVS, the following result for scalar mass, gaugino mass, and trilinear term is obtained: $m_0 =m_{1/2}= - A_0=m_{3/2}$, which may account for Higgs mass limit if $m_{3/2} \sim {\cal O}(1.5)$ TeV. However, in this case the relic abundance of the lightest neutralino can not be consistent with the measured limits. We also study the cosmological consequences of moduli stabilization in both models. In particular, the associated inflation models such as racetrack inflation and Kähler inflation are analyzed. Finally the problem of moduli destabilization and the effect of string moduli backreaction on the inflation models are discussed.

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arXiv2015

Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment in SUSY B-L Model with Inverse Seesaw

Motivated by the tension between the Higgs mass and muon g-2 in minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM), we analyze the muon g-2 in supersymmertic B-L extension of the standard model (BLSSM) with inverse seesaw mechanism. In this model, the Higgs mass receives extra important radiative corrections proportional to large neutrino Yukawa coupling. We point out that muon g-2 also gets significant contribution, due to the constructive interferences of light neutralino effects. The light neutralinos are typically the MSSM Bino like and the supersymmetric partner of U(1)_B-L gauge boson (B'-ino). We show that with universal soft supersymmetry breaking terms, the muon g-2 resides within 2 sigma of the measured value, namely ~17 x 10^-10, with Higgs mass equal to 125 GeV .

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arXiv2015

Warm Dark Matter in B-L Inverse Seesaw

We show that a standard model gauge singlet fermion field, with mass of order keV or larger, and involved in the inverse seesaw mechanism of light neutrino mass generation, can be a good warm dark matter candidate. Our framework is based on B-L extension of the Standard Model. The construction ensures the absence of any mixing between active neutrinos and the aforementioned dark matter field. This circumvents the usual constraints on the mass of warm dark matter imposed by X-ray observations. We show that over-abundance of thermally produced warm dark matter (which nevertheless do not reach chemical equilibrium) can be reduced to an acceptable range in the presence of a moduli field decaying into radiation --- though only when the reheat temperature is low enough. Our warm dark matter candidate can also be produced directly from the decay of the moduli field during reheating. In this case, obtaining the right amount of relic abundance, while keeping the reheat temperature high enough as to be consistent with Big Bang nucleosynthesis bounds, places constraints on the branching ratio for the decay of the moduli field into dark matter.

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arXiv2014

Fermion masses and mixing in $Δ(27)$ flavour model

An extension of the Standard Model (SM) based on the non-Abelian discrete group $Δ(27)$ is considered. The $Δ(27)$ flavour symmetry is spontaneously broken only by gauge singlet scalar fields, therefore our model is free from any flavour changing neural current. We show that the model accounts simultaneously for the observed quark and lepton masses and their mixing. In the quark sector, we find that the up quark mass matrix is flavour diagonal and the Cabbibo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) mixing matrix arises from down quarks. In the lepton sector, we show that the charged lepton mass matrix is almost diagonal. We also adopt type-I seesaw mechanism to generate neutrino masses. A deviated mixing matrix from tri-bimaximal Maki-Nakagawa-Sakata (MNS), with $\sinθ_{13} \sim 0.13$ and $\sin^2 θ_{23} \sim 0.41$, is naturally produced.

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arXiv2014

Light sfermion interplay in the 125 GeV MSSM Higgs production and decay at the LHC

We study the effects from light sfermions on the lightest Higgs boson production and decay at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) within the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM). We find that the scenario with light coloured sfermions -- stops or sbottoms -- has the potential to explain a non-universal alteration, as hinted by LHC data, of the gluon-gluon Fusion ($μ_{ggF}$) with respect to the Vector Boson Fusion ($μ_{VBF}$) event rates and, in particular, can predict $\frac{μ_{VBF}}{μ_{ggF}}>1$ for all Higgs boson decay channels in large areas of the parameter space. We also find that the scenario with a light stop/sbottom can be complemented by the scenario in which the total Higgs width, $Γ_{\rm tot}$, is reduced due to a suppressed Yukawa coupling $Y_b$. In this case, the reduction of the Higgs production rates in the $ggF$ process which occurs in the maximal mixing scenario is compensated by the reduction of the $H\to b\bar{b}$ partial decay width, the largest component of $Γ_{\rm tot}$. Furthermore, we highlight the fact that, in the light stop/sbottom scenario, event rates with the Higgs boson decaying to a $b\bar{b}$ final state are predicted to be essentially below unity. Therefore, during the future LHC runs, the measurement of $h\to b\bar{b}$ final states is a matter of special importance. Amongst all viable MSSM configurations that we study (including revisiting a light stau solution), we emphasise most the scenario with a light stop, as the latter is also motivated by Dark Matter and Electro-Weak baryogenesis. We also perform fits of the MSSM against the LHC data, emphasising the fact that in most cases these are better than for the SM.

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arXiv2013

Predictions for $B \to τ\barμ + μ\barτ $

The observation of $B \to τ\barμ + μ\barτ $ at present experiments would be a clear sign of new physics. In this paper we calculate this process in a 2HDM framework where the decay is mediated by the exchange of spin zero particle with flavour changing neutral current couplings. If we identify the scalar with the the newly discovered state at LHC with a mass $% \sim 125 $ GeV then we get $BR(B_s \to τ\barμ + μ\barτ) \sim 10^{-6}$ and $BR(B_d \to τ\barμ + μ\barτ) \sim 10^{-7}$. We also calculate this process in minimal supersymmetric standard model and find $BR(B_s \to τ\barμ + μ\barτ) \sim 10^{-11}$.

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arXiv2012

Smooth Hybrid Inflation and Non-Thermal Type II Leptogenesis

We consider a smooth hybrid inflation scenario based on a supersymmetric SU(2)_L x SU(2)_R x U(1)_B-L model. The Higgs triplets involved in the model play a key role in inflation as well as in explaining the observed baryon asymmetry of the universe. We show that the baryon asymmetry can originate via non-thermal triplet leptogenesis from the decay of SU(2)_L triplets, whose tiny vacuum expectation values also provide masses for the light neutrinos.

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arXiv2012

Neutrino Spin Flavor Precession and Leptogenesis

We argue that ΔL=2 neutrino spin flavor precession, induced by the primordial magnetic fields, could have a significant impact on the leptogenesis process that accounts for the baryon asymmetry of the universe. Although the extra galactic magnetic fields is extremely weak at present time (about 10^{-9} Gauss), the primordial magnetic filed at the electroweak scale could be quite strong (of order 10^{17} Gauss). Therefore, at this scale, the effects of the spin flavor precession are not negligible. We show that the lepton asymmetry may be reduced by 50% due to the spin flavor precession. In addition, the leptogenesis will have different feature from the standard scenario of leptogenesis, where the lepton asymmetry continues to oscillate even after the electroweak phase transition.

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arXiv2012

CP Phases of Neutrino Mixing in a Supersymmetric B-L Gauge Model with T_7 Lepton Flavor Symmetry

In a recently proposed renormalizable model of neutrino mixing using the non-Abelian discrete symmetry T_7 in the context of a supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model with gauged U(1)_{B-L}, a correlation was obtained between θ_{13} and θ_{23} in the case where all parameters are real. Here we consider all parameters to be complex, thus allowing for one Dirac CP phase δ_{CP} and two Majorana CP phases α_{1,2}. We find a slight modification to this correlation as a function of δ_{CP}. For a given set of input values of Δm^2_{21}, Δm^2_{32}, θ_{12}, and θ_{13}, we obtain \sin^2 2 θ_{23} and m_{ee} (the effective Majorana neutrino mass in neutrinoless double beta decay) as functions of \tan δ_{CP}. We find that the structure of this model always yields small |\tan δ_{CP}|.

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arXiv2011

TeV Scale Gauged B-L With Inverse Seesaw Mechanism

We propose a modified version of the TeV scale B-L extension of the standard model, where neutrino masses are generated through the inverse seesaw mechanism. We show that heavy neutrinos associated with this model can be accessible via clean signals at the LHC. The search for the extra gauge boson Z'_{B-L} through the decay into dileptons or two dileptons plus missing energy is studied. We also show that the B-L extra Higgs can be directly probed at the LHC via a clean dilepton and missing energy signal.

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arXiv2011

Right-handed Sneutrino Inflation in SUSY B-L with Inverse Seesaw

We propose a scenario for realizing inflation in the framework of supersymmetric B-L extension of the Standard Model. We find that one of the associated right-handed sneutrinos (the superpartner of the Standard Model singlet fermion) can provide a new non-trivial inflationary trajectory at tree level (therefore breaking B-L during inflation). As soon as the inflation ends, the right-handed sneutrino falls into the supersymmetric vacuum, with a vanishing vacuum expectation value, so that B-L symmetry is restored. In this class of models, the B-L gauge symmetry will be radiatively broken at a TeV scale and light neutrino masses are generated through the inverse seesaw mechanism.

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arXiv2011

Right-handed Sneutrino Dark Matter in Supersymmetric B-L Model

We show that the lightest right-handed sneutrino in TeV scale supersymmetric B-L model with inverse seesaw mechanism is a viable candidate for cold dark matter. We find that it accounts for the observed dark matter relic abundance in a wide range of parameter space. The spin-independent cross section of B-L right-handed sneutrino is consistent with the recent results CDMS II and XENON experiments and it is detectable in future direct detection experiments. Although the B-L right-handed sneutrinos annihilate into leptons, the PAMELA results can not be explained in this model unless a huge boost factor is considered. Also the muon flux generated by B-L right-handed sneutrino in the galactic center is smaller than Super-Kamiokande's upper bound.

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arXiv2011

Dimuon CP Asymmetry in B Decays and Wjj Excess in Two Higgs Doublet Models

We analyze the puzzle of the dimuon CP asymmetry in B_s decays in two Higgs doublet models. We show that the flavor changing neutral current (FCNC) induced by the Higgs coupling in a type III two Higgs doublet model provides a solution to the dimuon charge asymmetry puzzle by enhancing the absorbtive part of the mixing amplitude Γ_{12}^s. We investigate different experimental constraints and show that it is possible to enhance Γ_{12}^s in order to explain the dimuon asymmetry observed by D0. This enhancement requires large Higgs couplings to the first and second generations of quarks which may also explain the recent 3.2 σWjj excess observed by CDF.

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arXiv2011

Like-sign dimuon charge asymmetry in Randall-Sundurm model

We confirm that in order to account for the recent DØ result of large like-sign dimuon charge asymmetry, a considerable large new physics effect in $Γ_{12}^s$ is required in addition to a large CP violating phase in $B_s -\bar{B}_s$ mixing. In the Randall-Sundrum model of warped geometry, where the fermion fields reside in the bulk, new sources of flavor and CP violation are obtained. We analyze the like-sign dimuon asymmetry in this class of model, as an example of the desired new physics. We show that the wrong charge asymmetry, $a_{sl}^s$, which is related to the dimuon asymmetry, is significantly altered compared to the Standard Model value. However, experimental limits from $ΔM_s$, $ΔΓ_s$ as well as $K$ mixing and electroweak corrections constrain it to be greater than a $σ$ away from its experimental average value. This model cannot fully account for the DØ anomaly due to its inability to generate sufficient new contribution to the width difference $Γ^s_{12}$, even though the model can generate large contribution to the mass difference $M^s_{12}$.

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arXiv2011

Observable T_7 Lepton Flavor Symmetry at the Large Hadron Collider

More often than not, models of flavor symmetry rely on the use of nonrenormalizable operators (in the guise of flavons) to accomplish the phenomenologically successful tribimaximal mixing of neutrinos. We show instead how a simple renormalizable two-parameter neutrino mass model of tribimaximal mixing can be constructed with the non-Abelian discrete symmetry T_7 and the gauging of B-L. This is also achieved without the addition of auxiliary symmetries and particles present in almost all other proposals. Most importantly, it is verifiable at the Large Hadron Collider.

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arXiv2010

Gauged B-L Leptogenesis

We propose a new leptogenesis scenario in a gauged $B-L$ model with supersymmetry at the TeV energy scale. Instead of relying on the very small Yukawa couplings of the singlet neutrinos $N^c$ to generate the observed baryon asymmetry of the Universe, which requires a very large resonance enhancement, their $B-L$ gauge interactions are invoked. Successful leptogenesis is then possible if a particular scalar bilinear $\tilde N^c \tilde N^c$ term is disallowed.

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