New supersymmetric contributions to tct \to c V

Feb, 1997
7 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 56 (1997) 3100-3106
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Report number:
  • ACT-05-97,
  • CTP-TAMU-10-97,
  • DOE-ER-40717-40

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Abstract:
We calculate the electroweak-like one-loop supersymmetric contributions to the rare and flavor-violating decay of the top quark into a charm quark and a gauge boson: t>cVt->c V, with V=γ,Z,gV=\gamma,Z,g. We consider loops of both charginos and down-like squarks (where we identify and correct an error in the literature) and neutralinos and up-like squarks (which have not been calculated before). We also account for left-right and generational squark mixing. Our numerical results indicate that supersymmetric contributions to t>cVt->cV can be upto 5 orders of magnitude larger than their Standard Model counterparts. However, they still fall short of the sensitivity expected at the next-generation top-quark factories.
  • 12.38.Bx
  • 12.15.Lk
  • 14.65.Ha
  • 12.60.Jv
  • top
  • top: rare decay
  • quark: width
  • gauge boson: production
  • photon
  • Z0