B→Xsγ in supersymmetry with explicit CP violation -: art. no. 034007

We discuss B --> X-s gamma decay in both constrained and unconstrained supersymmetric models with explicit CP violation within the minimal flavor violation scheme by including tan beta-enhanced large contributions beyond the leading order. In this analysis, we take into account the relevant cosmological and collider bounds, as well as electric dipole moment constraints. In the unconstrained model, there are portions of the parameter space yielding a large CP asymmetry at leading order (LO). In these regions, we find that the CP phases satisfy certain sum rules, e.g., the sum of the phases of the mu parameter and the top squark trilinear coupling centralize around pi with a width determined by the experimental bounds. In addition, at large values of tan beta, the sign of the CP asymmetry tracks the sign of the gluino mass, and the CP asymmetry is significantly larger than the LO prediction. In the constrained minimal supersymmetric standard model based on minimal supergravity, we find that the decay rate is sensitive to the phase of the universal trilinear coupling, This sensitivity decreases at large values of the universal gauino mass, We also show that, for a given set of the mass parameters, there exists a threshold value of the phase of the universal trilinear coupling which grows with tan g and beyond which the experimental bounds are satisfied. In both supersymmetric scenarios, the allowed ranges of the CP phases are wide enough to have phenomenological consequence.