Probing New Physics with b -> s\gamma Decays

Abstract

In the Standard Model, the photon emitted in b->s\gamma decays is predicted to be left-handed polarized. We discuss the types of New Physics which can produce a deviation from this prediction, focusing on the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model. A new method is proposed for testing these predictions, which makes use of angular correlations in exclusive B -> K\pi\pi\gamma decays.

Comments: 6 pages, talk given at Flavor Physics and CP Violation (FPCP), Philadelphia, PA, May 2002