Publication Date:
2012-08-20
Description:
We review the formulation of the Minimal Flavour Violation (MFV) hypothesis in the quark sector, as well as some “variations on a theme” based on smaller flavour symmetry groups and/or less minimal breaking terms. We also review how these hypotheses can be tested in B decays and by means of other flavour-physics observables. The phenomenological consequences of MFV are discussed both in general terms, employing a general effective theory approach, and in the specific context of the Minimal Supersymmetric extension of the SM. Content Type Journal Article Category Regular Article - Theoretical Physics Pages 1-14 DOI 10.1140/epjc/s10052-012-2103-1 Authors Gino Isidori, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, INFN, Via E. Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy David M. Straub, Scuola Normale Superiore and INFN, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, 56126 Pisa, Italy Journal The European Physical Journal C - Particles and Fields Online ISSN 1434-6052 Print ISSN 1434-6044 Journal Volume Volume 72 Journal Issue Volume 72, Number 8
Print ISSN:
1434-6044
Electronic ISSN:
1434-6052
Topics:
Physics
