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SUMMARY:Flavour symmetry for the light generations
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120419T120000Z
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DESCRIPTION:The quark sector of the Standard Model exhibits an approximate
  U(2)^3 flavour symmetry under which the first two generations transform a
 s doublets and the third generation as singlets. This symmetry\, broken in
  specific directions dictated by minimality\, can explain the success of t
 he CKM picture of flavour mixing and CP violation while allowing for obser
 vable deviations from it\, as expected in most models of electroweak symme
 try breaking. In a general effective field theory framework\, I will discu
 ss the symmetry and its breaking\, its relation to Minimal Flavour Violati
 on and the consequences for flavour physics in the quark and lepton sector
 s. Finally\, I will discuss its realization in two concrete models: natura
 l supersymmetry with split families and generic composite Higgs models.\n\
 nhttp://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=180281
LOCATION:CERN TH common room
URL:http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=180281
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