Minimal Flavor Violation

2007/06/28 by Benjamı́n Grinstein, Grinstein, Benjamin · 2 citations
Computer Science · Social Sciences · #Computational Physics and Python Applications #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #International Science and Diplomacy

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0706.4185

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Abstract

If new physics is called upon to explain away fine tunings, like the hierarchy problem, then, we argue, the principle of Minimal Flavor Violation is inescapable. We review the principle and recent extensions to the lepton sector and to Grand-Unified theories.

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