Hints of large tan(beta) in flavour physics
Abstract
Motivated by the first evidence of the B -> tau nu transition reported by Belle and by the precise DeltaMBs measurement by CDF, we analyse these and other low-energy observables in the framework of the MSSM at large tan(beta). We show that for heavy squarks and A terms (Msquarks, AU > 1 TeV) such scenario has several interesting virtues. It naturally describes: i) a suppression of BR(B->tau nu) of (10-40)%, ii) a sizable enhancement of (g-2)mu, iii) a heavy SM-like Higgs (mh ~ 120 GeV), iv) small non-standard effects in DeltaMBs and BR(B -> Xs gamma) (in agreement with present observations). The possibilities to find more convincing evidences of such scenario, with improved data on BR(B -> tau nu), BR(B -> l+ l-) and other low-energy observables, are briefly discussed.
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