769 research outputs found
Implications of SUSY Model Building
We discuss the motivations and implications of models of low-energy
supersymmetry. We present the case for the minimal supersymmetric standard
model, which we define to include the minimal particle content and soft
supersymmetry-breaking interactions which are universal at the GUT or Planck
scale. This model is in agreement with all present experimental results, and
yet depends on only a few unknown parameters and therefore maintains
considerable predictive power. From the theoretical side, it arises naturally
in the context of supergravity models. We discuss radiative electroweak
symmetry breaking and the superpartner spectrum in this scenario, with some
added emphasis on regions of parameter space leading to unusual or interesting
experimental signals at future colliders. We then examine how these results may
be affected by various modifications and extensions of the minimal model,
including GUT effects, extended gauge, Higgs, and matter sectors, non-universal
supersymmetry breaking, non-conservation of R-parity, and dynamical
supersymmetry breaking at low energies.Comment: Contribution to the DPF long range study, working group on
'Electroweak Symmetry Breaking and Beyond the SM Physics'; LaTeX file without
figures, 60 pages. The complete PS file, including figures, can be obtained
by anonymous ftp from
ftp://phenom.physics.wisc.edu/pub/preprints/1995/madph-95-879.ps.
Probing Supersymmetry using Event Shape variables at 8 TeV LHC
We have revisited the prospects of Supersymmetry(SUSY) searches at the LHC
with 7 TeV energy along with the prediction of the discovery potential at 8 TeV
energy assuming an integrated luminosity 5 and 20 \invfb with
mSUGRA/CMSSM as a model framework. We discuss further optimization of our
selection strategy which is based on the hadronic event shape variables.
Evaluating the standard model backgrounds and signal rates in detail we predict
the discovery reach in the plane for 7 TeV with 5\invfb
luminosity. We also present the discovery reach for 8 TeV energy with an
integrated luminosity 5\invfb and 20 \invfb. A comparison is made between
our results and the exclusion plots obtained by CMS and ATLAS. Finally,
discovery reach in the gluino and squark mass plane at the 7 TeV and 8 TeV
energy is also presented.Comment: 17 pages, 6 eps figures, 20/fb results and figures added, some
references added, version accepted and to be published in Physical Review
Light Stop Searches at the LHC in Events with two b-Jets and Missing Energy
We propose a new method to discover light top squarks (stops) in the
co-annihilation region at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The bino-like
neutralino is the lightest supersymmetric particle (LSP) and the lighter stop
is the next-to-LSP. Such scenarios can be consistent with electroweak
baryogenesis and also with dark matter constraints. We consider the production
of two stops in association with two b-quarks, including pure QCD as well as
mixed electroweak-QCD contributions. The stops decay into a charm quark and the
LSP. For a higgsino-like light chargino the electroweak contributions can
exceed the pure QCD prediction. We show the size of the electroweak
contributions as a function of the stop mass and present the LHC discovery
reach in the stop-neutralino mass plane.Comment: 12 pages, 10 figure
Zeroing in on Supersymmetric Radiation Amplitude Zeros
Radiation amplitude zeros have long been used to test the Standard Model.
Here, we consider the supersymmetric radiation amplitude zero in
chargino-neutralino associated production, which can be observed at the
luminosity upgraded LHC. Such an amplitude zero only occurs if the neutralino
has a large wino fraction and hence this observable can be used to determine
the neutralino eigenstate content. We find that this observable can be measured
by comparing the p_T spectrum of the softest lepton in the trilepton
decay channel to that of a control process such as
or . We test this technique on a
previously generated model sample of the 19 dimensional parameter space of the
phenomenological MSSM, and find that it is effective in determining the wino
content of the neutralino.Comment: 19 pages, 7 figure
LHC discovery potential for supersymmetry with \sqrt{s}=7 TeV and 5-30 fb^{-1}
We extend our earlier results delineating the supersymmetry (SUSY) reach of
the CERN Large Hadron Collider operating at a centre-of-mass energy \sqrt{s}=7
TeV to integrated luminosities in the range 5 - 30 fb^{-1}. Our results are
presented within the paradigm minimal supergravity model (mSUGRA or CMSSM).
Using a 6-dimensional grid of cuts for the optimization of signal to background
ratio -- including missing E_T-- we find for m(gluino) \sim m(squark) an LHC
5\sigma SUSY discovery reach of m(gluino) \sim 1.3,\ 1.4,\ 1.5 and 1.6 TeV for
5, 10, 20 and 30 fb^{-1}, respectively. For m(squark)>> m(gluino), the
corresponding reach is instead m(gluino)\sim 0.8,\ 0.9,\ 1.0 and 1.05 TeV, for
the same integrated luminosities.Comment: 7 pages with 2 .eps figure. In version 2, a new figure has been added
along with associated discussio
Next-to-leading order QCD predictions for associated production at the CERN Large Hadron Collider
We calculate the complete next-to-leading-order (NLO) QCD corrections
(including SUSY QCD corrections) to the inclusive total cross sections of the
associated production processes in the minimal
supersymmetric standard model (MSSM) at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
Our results show that the enhancement of the total cross sections from the NLO
QCD corrections can reach for 200 GeV GeV and
. The scale dependence of the total cross section is improved by
the NLO corrections, which is less than 5%. We also show the Monte Carlo
simulation results for the signature including the
complete NLO QCD effects, and find an observable signature above the standard
model (SM) background for a normal luminosity of 100 fb at the LHC.Comment: Published version in Phys.Rev.
Determining the squark mass at the LHC
We propose a new way to determine the squark mass based on the shape of
di-jet invariant mass distribution of supersymmetry (SUSY) di-jet events at the
Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Our algorithm, which is based on event kinematics,
requires that the branching ratio is
substantial for at least some types of squarks, and that
. We select di-jet events with no
isolated leptons, and impose cuts on the total jet transverse energy,
, on , and on the
azimuthal angle between the two jets to reduce SM backgrounds. The shape of the
resulting di-jet mass distribution depends sensitively on the squark mass,
especially if the integrated luminosity is sufficient to allow a hard enough
cut on and yet leave a large enough signal to obtain the
distribution. We simulate the signal and Standard Model (SM) backgrounds for
100 fb integrated luminosity at 14 TeV requiring GeV.
We show that it should be possible to extract to within about
3% at 95% CL --- similar to the precision obtained using --- from the
di-jet mass distribution if GeV, or to within % if TeV.Comment: 20 pages, 9 figures. Footnote added, updated reference
Squark and slepton masses as probes of supersymmetric SO(10) unification
We carry out an analysis of the non-universal supersymmetry breaking scalar
masses arising in SO(10) supersymmetric unification. By considering patterns of
squark and slepton masses, we derive a set of sum rules for the sfermion masses
which are independent of the manner in which SO(10) breaks to the Standard
Model gauge group via its SU(5) subgroups. The phenomenology arising from such
non-universality is unaffected by the symmetry breaking pattern, so long as the
breaking occurs via any of the SU(5) subgroups of the SO(10) group.Comment: 15 pages using RevTe
Probing SO(10) symmetry breaking patterns through sfermion mass relations
We consider supersymmetric SO(10) grand unification where the unified gauge
group can break to the Standard Model gauge group through different chains. The
breaking of SO(10) necessarily involves the reduction of the rank, and
consequent generation of non-universal supersymmetry breaking scalar mass
terms. We derive squark and slepton mass relations, taking into account these
non-universal contributions to the sfermion masses, which can help distinguish
between the different chains through which the SO(10) gauge group breaks to the
Standard Model gauge group. We then study some implications of these
non-universal supersymmetry breaking scalar masses for the low energy
phenomenology.Comment: 13 pages, latex using revtex4, contains 2 figures, replaced with
version accepted for publicatio
Right-handed Sneutrinos as Nonthermal Dark Matter
When the minimal supersymmetric standard model is augmented by three
right-handed neutrino superfields, one generically predicts that the neutrinos
acquire Majorana masses. We postulate that all supersymmetry (SUSY) breaking
masses as well as the Majorana masses of the right-handed neutrinos are around
the electroweak scale and, motivated by the smallness of neutrino masses,
assume that the lightest supersymmetric particle (LSP) is an almost-pure
right-handed sneutrino. We discuss the conditions under which this LSP is a
successful dark matter candidate. In general, such an LSP has to be nonthermal
in order not to overclose the universe, and we find the conditions under which
this is indeed the case by comparing the Hubble expansion rate with the rates
of the relevant thermalizing processes, including self-annihilation and
co-annihilation with other SUSY and standard model particles.Comment: 17 pages v.2: References adde
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