Spontaneous CP-Violation in Two Higgs Doublet Supersymmetric Models

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dc.contributor.authorLebedev, Olegen
dc.contributor.committeechairChang, Lay Namen
dc.contributor.committeememberHsiung-Tze, Chiaen
dc.contributor.committeememberTakeuchi, Tatsuen
dc.contributor.committeememberMizutani, Tetsuroen
dc.contributor.committeememberDennison, Brian K.en
dc.contributor.departmentPhysicsen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:22:19Zen
dc.date.adate1998-07-23en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:22:19Zen
dc.date.issued1998-07-08en
dc.date.rdate1998-07-23en
dc.date.sdate1998-07-08en
dc.description.abstractAn alternative approach to the problem of CP-violation is presented. It is based on the possibility of spontaneous CP-breakdown in models with two Higgs doublets. General features of the phenomenon such as stability of the vacuum and the existence of a light axion are discussed. We investigate the feasibility of spontaneously broken CP in the minimal supersymmetric models - the MSSM and NMSSM. The latter is shown to be experimentally viable. The phenomenological implications of the model such as CP-violating effects in the kaon systems and a nonzero neutron electric dipole moment are studied.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-62198-132411en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-62198-132411/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/30640en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartetd.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectspontaneous symmetry breakingen
dc.subjectsupersymmetryen
dc.subjectaxionen
dc.subjectradiative correctionsen
dc.subjectCP-violationen
dc.titleSpontaneous CP-Violation in Two Higgs Doublet Supersymmetric Modelsen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplinePhysicsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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