A GIM mechanism from extra dimensions

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Published 1 April 2008 Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd
, , Citation Giacomo Cacciapaglia et al JHEP04(2008)006 DOI 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/04/006

1126-6708/2008/04/006

Abstract

We explore how to protect extra dimensional models from large flavor changing neutral currents by using bulk and brane flavor symmetries. We show that a GIM mechanism can be built in to warped space models such as Randall-Sundrum or composite Higgs models if flavor mixing is introduced via UV brane kinetic mixings for right handed quarks. We give a realistic implementation both for a model with minimal flavor violation and one with next-to-minimal flavor violation. The latter does not suffer from a CP problem. We consider some of the existing experimental constraints on these models implied by precision electroweak tests.

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