39 research outputs found
BMSSM Higgses at 125 GeV
The BMSSM framework is an effective theory approach that encapsulates a
variety of extensions beyond the MSSM with which it shares the same field
content. The lightest Higgs mass can be much heavier than in the MSSM without
creating a tension with naturalness or requiring superheavy stops. The
phenomenology of the Higgs sector is at the same time much richer. We
critically review the properties of a Higgs with mass around 125GeV in this
model. In particular, we investigate how the rates in the important inclusive 2
photons channel, the 2 photons + 2 jets and the ZZ to 4 leptons (and/or WW) can
be enhanced or reduced compared to the standard model and what kind of
correlations between these rates are possible. We consider both a vanilla model
where stops have moderate masses and do not mix and a model with large mixing
and a light stop. We show that in both cases there are scenarios that lead to
enhancements in these rates at a mass of 125GeV corresponding either to the
lightest Higgs or the heaviest CP-even Higgs of the model. In all of these
scenarios we study the prospects of finding other signatures either of the
125GeV Higgs or those of the heavier Higgses. In most cases the \oo{\tau}\tau
channels are the most promising. Exclusion limits from the recent LHC Higgs
searches are folded in our analyses while the tantalising hints for a Higgs
signal at 125GeV are used as an example of how to constrain the BMSSM and/or
direct future searches.Comment: 21 p v1 Tevatron result added in addendum, typo
SUSY Tools for Dark Matter and at the Colliders
With present and upcoming SUSY searches both directly, indirectly and at
accelerators, the need for accurate calculations is large. We will here go
through some of the tools available both from a dark matter point of view and
at accelerators. For natural reasons, we will focus on public tools, even
though there are some rather sophisticated private tools as well.Comment: 20 pages, 4 figures, Chapter 16 of the book "Particle Dark Matter:
Observations, Models and Searches" edited by G. Bertone, Cambridge University
Press, http://cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=978052176368
Tools for Dark Matter in Particle and Astroparticle Physics
Despite several indirect confirmations of the existence of dark matter, the
properties of a new dark matter particle are still largely unknown. Several
experiments are currently searching for this particle underground in direct
detection, in space and on earth in indirect detection and at the LHC. A
confirmed signal could select a model for dark matter among the many extensions
of the standard model. In this paper we present a short review of the public
codes for computation of dark matter observables.Comment: 10 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the Proceedings of 13th
International Workshop on Advanced Computing and Analysis Techniques in
Physics Research, February 2010, Jaipur, Indi
Leading Yukawa corrections to Higgs production associated with a tagged bottom anti-bottom pair in the Standard Model at the LHC
Considering the large value of the top Yukawa coupling, we investigate the
leading one-loop Yukawa electroweak corrections that can be induced by the top
quark in a process such as Higgs production in association with a tagged bottom
anti-bottom pair at the LHC. At NLO these contributions are found to be small
at the LHC both for the total cross section and for the distributions. In the
limit of vanishing bottom Yukawa coupling where the LO contribution vanishes,
the process can still be induced at one-loop through the top quark transition.
Though this contribution which can be counted as part of the NNLO correction is
small for Higgs masses around 120GeV, it quickly picks up for higher Higgs
masses. This contribution represents the rescattering of the top quarks and
their decay into W's leading to Higgs production through WW fusionComment: 23 pages, 9 figures. One reference added (or rather corrected). Text
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NLO corrections to WWZ and ZZZ production at the ILC
We calculate the full one-loop electroweak corrections to tri-boson
production (ZZZ and WWZ) at the ILC. This is important to understand the
Standard Model (SM) gauge quartic couplings which can be a window on the
mechanism of spontaneous symmetry breaking. We find that even after subtracting
the leading QED corrections, the electroweak corrections can still be large
especially as the energy increases.Comment: 7 pages, proceedings of the 3rd CPP Workshop, September 23-25, 2010,
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Lab-frame observables for probing the top-Higgs interaction
We investigate methods to explore the CP nature of the coupling
at the LHC, focusing on associated production of the Higgs with a
pair. We first discuss the constraints implied by low-energy observables and by
the Higgs-rate information from available LHC data, emphasizing that they
cannot provide conclusive evidence on the nature of this coupling. We then
investigate kinematic observables that could probe the coupling
directly, in particular quantities that can be constructed out of just
lab-frame kinematics. We define one such observable by exploiting the fact that
spin correlations do also carry information about the CP-nature of
the coupling. Finally, we introduce a CP-odd quantity and a
related asymmetry, able to probe CP violation in the coupling and
likewise constructed out of lab-frame momenta only.Comment: 32 pages, updated with latest data from ATLAS and references adde
SUSY Dark Matter: Loops and Precision from Particle Physics
With cosmology entering the era of precision measurements, the synergy with particle physics has strengthened. This new level of precision requires that the dark matter cross sections need to be evaluated with better accuracy at the loop level. We report on the progress in building the automatic code SloopS for generic one-loop calculations in supersymmetry that is applicable for collider observables, the relic density and indirect detection
NLO corrections to e+e- to WWZ and e+e- to ZZZ
We calculate the one-loop electroweak corrections to e+e- to WWZ and e+e- to
ZZZ and analyse their impacts on both the total cross section and some key
distributions. These processes are important for the measurements of the
quartic couplings of the massive gauge bosons which can be a window on the
mechanism of spontaneous symmetry breaking. We find that even after subtracting
the leading QED corrections, the electroweak corrections can still be large
especially as the energy increases. We compare and implement different methods
of dealing with potential instabilities in the routines pertaining to the loop
integrals. For the real corrections we apply a dipole subtraction formalism and
compare it to a phase-space slicing method.Comment: 19 pages, a few comments and references added, version published in
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