CP violation in rare semileptonic B decays and supersymmetry Original Research Article

We study the effect of new flavor changing SUSY phases arising in the squark mass matrix in semileptonic decays B→Xsℓ+ℓ−, and B→K(∗)ℓ+ℓ− (ℓ=e,μ). SUSY effects are parametrized using the mass insertion approximation formalism. Constraints on SUSY contributions coming from other processes (e.g. b→sγ, B→K∗ℓ+ℓ−) are taken into account. Chargino and gluino contributions to photon and Z-mediated decays are included and nonperturbative corrections are considered. We study the correlation between the CP (and forward–backward) asymmetries and the expected value of the inclusive branching ratio. Several possible scenarios are distinguished and discussed according to the mass insertion that is considered.