CP-odd Phases in Slepton Pair Production

Abstract

The effects of CP-odd supersymmetric phases on slepton pair production are considered. It is shown that CP-even observables in $e^+ e^-$ and $e^- e^-$ collisions, such as the total selectron cross section, can depend on CP-odd supersymmetric phases through interference between different tree level amplitudes. Left handed selectron pair production in $e^- e^-$ collisions is particularly sensitive to the relative phase between the bino and wino masses. This sensitivity is not limited to any kinematic regime and extends over all of neutralino parameter space. The relative phase between the bino and wino masses is a renormalization group invariant at one-loop, and as such provides a clean probe for operators which violate gaugino universality at the messenger scale.