4–5 Jun 2026
Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics
Asia/Seoul timezone

The Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model with Non-Invertible Selection Rules

4 Jun 2026, 16:00
45m
Room 512 (Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics)

Room 512

Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics

Hogil Kim Memorial Building, POSTECH, 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, 37673, Korea

Speaker

Yoshihiro SHIGEKAMI (Tsung-Dao Lee Institute and School of Physics and Astronomy)

Description

We investigate a framework of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) in which the quark and lepton flavor structure and suppression of flavor-changing neutral currents (FCNCs) are governed by non-invertible selection rules. By implementing such non-group-like fusion rules for matter fields, arising from gauging the outer automorphism $Z_2$ of a discrete $Z_N$ symmetry, we obtain realistic Yukawa textures that reproduce the observed quark and lepton masses and mixings while ensuring diagonal soft supersymmetry (SUSY) breaking masses and hence suppressing dangerous FCNC processes. We analyze mass insertion parameters under random O(1) coefficients and find that all flavor-violating effects are consistent with experimental limits on processes such as μ→eγ and meson mixings. We show that the Yukawa textures and soft terms remain stable under renormalization group evolution. Our results demonstrate that non-invertible selection rules provide a compelling new mechanism to address both the flavor structure and FCNC problems in supersymmetric models.

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