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Dark Matter and Higgs Mass in the CMSSM with Yukawa Quasi-Unification
We present an updated analysis of the constrained minimal supersymmetric
standard model with mu>0 supplemented by an `asymptotic' Yukawa coupling
quasi-unification condition, which allows an acceptable b-quark mass. Imposing
constraints from the cold dark matter abundance in the universe, B physics, the
muon anomalous magnetic moment, and the mass m_h of the lightest neutral
CP-even Higgs boson, we find that the lightest neutralino cannot act as a cold
dark matter candidate. This is mainly because the upper bound on the lightest
neutralino relic abundance from cold dark matter considerations, despite the
fact that this abundance is drastically reduced by neutralino-stau
coannihilations, is incompatible with the recent data on the branching ratio of
B_s --> mu^+ mu^-. Allowing for a different particle, such as the axino or the
gravitino, to be the lightest supersymmetric particle and, thus, constitute the
cold dark matter in the universe, we find that the predicted m_h's in our model
favor the range (119-126) GeV.Comment: 13 pages including 4 figures and 1 table, talk given by G. Lazarides
at the 7th International Workshop on the Dark Side of the Universe, KITPC,
Beijing, China, September 26-30, 2011 (to appear in the proceedings
Science and the media
Science seeks and needs the attention of the public and the media, and the media are eager for news from the world of research. This sometimes seduces scientists to communicate their results in early stages of their work and may bring them into the situation of the sorcerer's apprentice – they can’t get rid of the ghosts they called. We give some recent examples of early or doubtful communication in physics and ask for a responsible cooperation of science and the media which takes care of the peculiarities of the scientific process