Closing in on compressed gluino-neutralino spectra at the LHC

A huge swath of parameter space in the context of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) has been ruled at after run I of the LHC. Various exclusion contours in the m_{\tilde{g}}-\m_{\tilde{\chi}_{1}^{0}} plane were derived by the experimental collaborations, all based on three-body gluino decay topologies. These limits are however extremely model dependent and do not always reflect the level of exclusion. If the gluino-neutralino spectrum is compressed, then the current mass limits can be drastically reduced. In such situations, the radiative decay of the gluino \gino \ra g \neut{1} can be dominant and used as a sensitive probe of small mass splittings. We examine the sensitivity of constraints of some Run I experimental searches on this decay after recasting them within the \texttt{MadAnalysis5} framework. The recasted searches are now part of the \texttt{MadAnalysis5} Public Analysis Database. We also design a dedicated search strategy and investigate its prospects to uncover this decay mode of the gluino at run II of the LHC. We emphasize that a multijet search strategy may be more sensitive than a monojet one, even in the case of very small mass differences.Comment: 34 pages , 6 figures. Version accepted for publication for JHE

The Higgs singlet extension at LHC Run 2

We discuss the current status of theoretical and experimental constraints on the real Higgs singlet extension of the Standard Model. For the second neutral (non-standard) Higgs boson the mass range up to 1 TeV accessible at past and current collider experiments is considered. We furthermore discuss electroweak corrections to the H to hh partial decay width within this model.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, Proceedings of the XXIV International Workshop on Deep-Inelastic Scattering and Related Subject

Vacuum stability of the effective Higgs potential in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model

The parameters of the Higgs potential of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) receive large radiative corrections which lift the mass of the lightest Higgs boson to the measured value of 126 GeV. Depending on the MSSM parameters, these radiative corrections may also lead to the situation that the local minimum corresponding to the electroweak vacuum state is not the global minimum of the Higgs potential. We analyze the stability of the vacuum for the case of heavy squark masses as favored by current LHC data. To this end we first consider an effective Lagrangian obtained by integrating out the heavy squarks and then study the MSSM one-loop effective potential V_eff, which comprises all higher-dimensional Higgs couplings of the effective Lagrangian. We find that only the second method gives correct results and argue that the criterion of vacuum stability should be included in phenomenological analyses of the allowed MSSM parameter space. Discussing the cases of squark masses of 1 and 2 TeV we show that the criterion of vacuum stability excludes a portion of the MSSM parameter space in which (mu tanbeta) and A_t are large.Comment: minor changes in text and list of references, figures in eps format, matches published version; Erratum added and sent to PR

Corrections radiatives en Supersymétrie et applications au calcul de la densité relique au-delà de l'ordre dominant.

This thesis focussed on the evaluation of supersymmetric radiative corrections for processes entering in the calculation of the relic density of dark matter, in the MSSM and the standard cosmological scenario, as well as the impact of the choice renormalisation scheme in the neutralino/chargino sector based on the measure of three physical masses. This study has been carried out with the help of an automatic program dedicated the the computation of physical observables at one-loop in the MSSM, called SloopS. For the relic density calculation we investigated scenarios where the most studied dark matter candidate, the neutralino, annihilates into gauge boson pair. We covered cases where its mass was of the order of hundreds of GeV to 2 TeV. The full set of electroweak and strong corrections has been taken into account, involved in sub-leading channels with quarks. In the case of very heavy neutralinos, two important effects were outlined : the Sommerfeld enhancement due to massive gauge bosons and maybe even more important corrections of Sudakov type.  Cette thèse porte sur le calcul des corrections radiatives supersymétriques pour des processus entrants dans le calcul de la densité relique de matière noire, dans le MSSM et le scénario cosmologique standard, ainsi que sur l'influence du choix du schéma de renormalisation du secteur des neutralinos/charginos à partir de la mesure de trois masses physiques. Cette étude a été faite à l'aide d'un programme automatique de calcul à une boucle d'observables physiques dans le MSSM, appelé SloopS. Pour le calcul de la densité relique nous nous sommes penchés sur des scénarios où le candidat supersymétrique le plus étudié, le neutralino, se désintégrait en majoritairement en bosons de jauge. Nous avons couvert les cas où sa masse était de l'ordre de quelques centaines de GeV jusqu'à 2 TeV. Cela a nécessité la prise en compte complète des corrections électrofaibles et fortes, impliquées dans des processus sous-dominants impliquant des quarks. Dans le cas des neutralinos très lourds deux effets importants ont été mis à jour : les amplifications de type Sommerfeld dues aux bosons de jauge massifs et peut-être plus important encore des corrections de type Sudakov

Corrections radiatives en supersymétrie et applications au calcul de la densité relique au-delà de l'ordre dominant

Cette thèse porte sur le calcul des corrections radiatives supersymétriques pour des processus entrants dans le calcul de la densité relique de matière noire, dans le MSSM et le scénario cosmologique standard, ainsi que sur l'influence du choix du schéma de renormalisation du secteur des neutralinos/charginos à partir de la mesure de trois masses physiques. Cette étude a été faite à l'aide d'un programme automatique de calcul à une boucle d'observables physiques dans le MSSM, appelé SloopS. Pour le calcul de la densité relique nous nous sommes penchés sur des scénarios où le candidat supersymétrique le plus étudié, le neutralino, se désintégrait en majoritairement en bosons de jauge. Nous avons couvert les cas où sa masse était de l'ordre de quelques centaines de GeV jusqu'à 2 TeV. Cela a nécessité la prise en compte complète des corrections électrofaibles et fortes, impliquées dans des processus sous-dominants impliquant des quarks. Dans le cas des neutralinos très lourds deux effets importants ont été mis à jour : les amplifications de type Sommerfeld dues aux bosons de jauge massifs et peut-être plus important encore des corrections de type Sudakov.This thesis focussed on the evaluation of supersymmetric radiative corrections for processes entering in the calculation of the relic density of dark matter, in the MSSM and the standard cosmological scenario, as well as the impact of the choice renormalisation scheme in the neutralino/chargino sector based on the measure of three physical masses. This study has been carried out with the help of an automatic program dedicated the the computation of physical observables at one-loop in the MSSM, called SloopS. For the relic density calculation we investigated scenarios where the most studied dark matter candidate, the neutralino, annihilates into gauge boson pair. We covered cases where its mass was of the order of hundreds of GeV to 2 TeV. The full set of electroweak and strong corrections has been taken into account, involved in sub-leading channels with quarks. In the case of very heavy neutralinos, two important effects were outlined : the Sommerfeld enhancement due to massive gauge bosons and maybe even more important corrections of Sudakov type.CHAMBERY -BU Bourget (730512101) / SudocSudocFranceF

Relic density of dark matter in the inert doublet model beyond leading order: The heavy mass case

A full renormalization of the inert doublet model is presented and exploited for a precise calculation of the relic density of dark matter (DM) at one-loop. In this first paper, we study the case of a DM candidate with mDM ∼ 500 GeV. In this regime, the coannihilation channels are important. We therefore compute, for a wide range of relative velocities, the full next-to-leading order electroweak corrections to seven annihilation/coannihilation processes that contribute ∼70% to the relic density of DM. These corrected cross sections are interfaced with micrOMEGAs to obtain the one-loop correction to the freeze-out relic density. Due to the accurate measurement of this observable, the one-loop corrections are relevant. We discuss the one-loop renormalization scheme dependence and point out the influence, at one-loop, of a parameter that solely describes the scattering in the dark sector. A tree-level computation of the relic density is not sensitive to this parameter