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Mini-Split
The lack of evidence for new physics beyond the standard model at the LHC
points to a paucity of new particles near the weak scale. This suggests that
the weak scale is tuned and that supersymmetry, if present at all, is realized
at higher energies. The measured Higgs mass constrains the scalar sparticles to
be below 10^5 TeV, while gauge coupling unification favors Higgsinos below 100
TeV. Nevertheless, in many models gaugino masses are suppressed and remain
within reach of the LHC. Tuning the weak scale and the renormalization group
evolution of the scalar masses constrain Split model building. Due to the small
gaugino masses, either the squarks or the up-higgs often run tachyonic; in the
latter case, successful electroweak breaking requires heavy higgsinos near the
scalar sparticles. We discuss the consequences of tuning the weak scale and the
phenomenology of several models of Split supersymmetry including anomaly
mediation, U(1)_(B-L) mediation, and Split gauge mediation.Comment: 26 pages, 12 figures; v2:discussion and figure on the status of
fine-tuning in SUSY added, pheno section extende
Indirect Signals from Dark Matter in Split Supersymmetry
We study the possibilities for the indirect detection of dark matter in Split
Supersymmetry from gamma-rays, positrons, and antiprotons. The most promising
signal is the gamma-ray line, which may be observable at the next generation of
detectors. For certain halo profiles and a high mass neutralino, the line can
even be visible in current experiments. The continuous gamma-ray signal may be
observable, if there is a central spike in the galactic halo density. The
signals are found to be similar to those in MSSM models. These indirect signals
complement other experiments, being most easily observable for regions of
parameter space, such as heavy wino and higgsino dominated neutralinos, which
are least accessible for direct detection and accelerator searches.Comment: 10 pages, 5 figures; experimental sensitivities added to figure 2,
revised version to appear in Phys. Rev.
String Photini at the LHC
String theories with topologically complex compactification manifolds suggest
the simultaneous presence of many unbroken U(1)'s without any light matter
charged under them. The gauge bosons associated with these U(1)'s do not have
direct observational consequences. However, in the presence of low energy
supersymmetry the gauge fermions associated with these U(1)'s, the "photini",
mix with the Bino and extend the MSSM neutralino sector. This leads to novel
signatures at the LHC. The lightest ordinary supersymmetric particle (LOSP) can
decay to any one of these photini. In turn, photini may transition into each
other, leading to high lepton and jet multiplicities. Both the LOSP decays and
inter-photini transitions can lead to displaced vertices. When the interphotini
decays happen outside the detector, the cascades can result in different
photini escaping the detector leading to multiple reconstructed masses for the
invisible particle. If the LOSP is charged, it stops in the detector and decays
out-of-time to photini, with the possibility that the produced final photini
vary from event to event. Observation of a plenitude of photini at the LHC
would be evidence that we live in a string vacuum with a topologically rich
compactification manifold.Comment: 23 pages, 3 figur
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