Constraining BSM discrete flavor symmetries with heavy scalar searches at colliders

Abstract

Discrete Flavor Symmetries are often employed in BSM constructions to successfully recreate fermion masses and mixing patterns through several known mechanisms. Obvious constraints on these types of scenarios are the non-observation of Flavour Changing Neutral Currents which set stringent limits. In this talk I will discuss the strategy of using the scalar sector phenomenology predicted by such BSM models, and its correlation with the dark matter sector, to further strengthen the constraints by exploiting the large data available from heavy scalar searches in colliders including recent likelihood profiles provided by ATLAS and CMS.