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Revisiting the electron EDM in the NMSSM

  • 1. ROR icon University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • 2. ROR icon Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • 3. ROR icon California Institute of Technology

Abstract

The Next-to-Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (NMSSM) with explicit CP violation offers a promising framework for explaining the observed baryon asymmetry while remaining consistent with stringent electric dipole moment (EDM) bounds. In this work, we identify a previously overlooked set of two-loop diagrams that contribute to fermion EDMs in the NMSSM. Our analysis of the electron EDM shows that, for certain NMSSM specific CP-violating phases, these diagrams partially cancel existing contributions, thereby relaxing the associated constraints. In other phases, the diagrams dominate and tighten the bounds, which in turn necessitates more finely tuned parameters to reconcile successful baryogenesis with current EDM limits.

Copyright and License

© 2025 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Funded by SCOAP³. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

Acknowledgement

We thank J. Balal Habashi for useful discussions during the initial stages of this work.

Funding

This research was supported in part under U.S. Department of Energy contract no. DE-SC0011095.

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Discussion Paper: arXiv:2507.06320 (arXiv)

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United States Department of Energy
DE-SC0011095
SCOAP3

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2025-09-05
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2025-09-16
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