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m5. The decay, ? e?

occurs due to the operator


Le? = eCF?us?e. (11.44)
If there is no particular suppression, we might expect
C =
aw
p
m
ms2usy
. (11.45)
So the ratio of these rates would be of order
BR=
?aw
p
?2 ? MW
Msusy
?4
. (11.46)
This might be as small as 10-8 - 10-9 if the supersymmetry-breaking scale is lar
ge,
1 TeV or so. But the current experimental limit is 1.2 10-11. So even in this ca
se,
it is necessary to suppress the off-diagonal terms. More detailed descriptions o
f the
limits are found in the material in the suggm5. The decay, ? e? occurs due to the
operator
Le? = eCF?us?e. (11.44)
If there is no particular suppression, we might expect
C =
aw
p
m
ms2usy
. (11.45)
So the ratio of these rates would be of order
BR=
?aw
p
?2 ? MW
Msusy
?4
. (11.46)
This might be as small as 10-8 - 10-9 if the supersymmetry-breaking scale is lar
ge,
1 TeV or so. But the current experimental limit is 1.2 10-11. So even in this ca
se,
it is necessary to suppress the off-diagonal terms. More detailed descriptions o
f the
limits are found in the material in the suggm5. The decay, ? e? occurs due to the
operator
Le? = eCF?us?e. (11.44)
If there is no particular suppression, we might expect
C =
aw
p
m
ms2usy
. (11.45)
So the ratio of these rates would be of order
BR=
?aw

p
?2 ? MW
Msusy
?4
. (11.46)
This might be as small as 10-8 - 10-9 if the supersymmetry-breaking scale is lar
ge,
1 TeV or so. But the current experimental limit is 1.2 10-11. So even in this ca
se,
it is necessary to suppress the off-diagonal terms. More detailed descriptions o
f the
limits are found in the material in the suggm5. The decay, ? e? occurs due to the
operator
Le? = eCF?us?e. (11.44)
If there is no particular suppression, we might expect
C =
aw
p
m
ms2usy
. (11.45)
So the ratio of these rates would be of order
BR=
?aw
p
?2 ? MW
Msusy
?4
. (11.46)
This might be as small as 10-8 - 10-9 if the supersymmetry-breaking scale is lar
ge,
1 TeV or so. But the current experimental limit is 1.2 10-11. So even in this ca
se,
it is necessary to suppress the off-diagonal terms. More detailed descriptions o
f the
limits are found in the material in the sugg

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