100 research outputs found
LHC Benchmarks from Flavored Gauge Mediation
We present benchmark points for LHC searches from flavored gauge mediation
models, in which messenger-matter couplings give flavor-dependent squark
masses. Our examples include spectra in which a single squark - stop, scharm,
or sup - is much lighter than all other colored superpartners, motivating
improved quark flavor tagging at the LHC. Many examples feature flavor mixing;
in particular, large stop-scharm mixing is possible. The correct Higgs mass is
obtained in some examples by virtue of the large stop A-term. We also revisit
the general flavor and CP structure of the models. Even though the A-terms can
be substantial, their contributions to EDM's are very suppressed, because of
the particular dependence of the A-terms on the messenger coupling. This holds
regardless of the messenger-coupling texture. More generally, the special
structure of the soft terms often leads to stronger suppression of flavor- and
CP-violating processes, compared to naive estimates.Comment: 32 pages, 11 figures. Updated to published versio
Metastable Rank-Condition Supersymmetry Breaking in a Chiral Example
We discuss generalizations of Intriligator-Seiberg-Shih (ISS) vacua to chiral
models. We study one example, of an s-confining theory, in detail. In the IR,
this example reduces to two ISS-like sectors, and exhibits a
supersymmetry-breaking vacuum with all pseudo-moduli stabilized at the origin,
and with the R-symmetry unbroken. The IR theory is interesting from the point
of view of R-symmetry breaking. This theory is an O'Raifeartaigh model with all
charges zero or two, but the presence of a second R-charged pseudo-modulus with
superpotential couplings to the messengers in principle allows for R-symmetry
breaking.Comment: 9 page
Dynamics Of The Formation Of Carbon Nanotube Serpentines.
Recently, Geblinger et al. [Nat. Nanotechnol. 3, 195 (2008)] reported the experimental realization of carbon nanotube S-like shaped nanostructures, the so-called carbon nanotube serpentines. We report here results from multimillion fully atomistic molecular dynamics simulations of their formation. We consider one-μm-long carbon nanotubes placed on stepped substrates with and without a catalyst nanoparticle on the top free end of the tube. A force is applied to the upper part of the tube during a short period of time and turned off; then the system is set free to evolve in time. Our results show that these conditions are sufficient to form robust serpentines and validates the general features of the falling spaghetti model proposed to explain their formation.11010550
Visible Effects of the Hidden Sector
The renormalization of operators responsible for soft supersymmetry breaking
is usually calculated by starting at some high scale and including only visible
sector interactions in the evolution equations, while ignoring hidden sector
interactions. Here we explain why this is correct only for the most trivial
structures in the hidden sector, and discuss possible implications. This
investigation was prompted by the idea of conformal sequestering. In that
framework hidden sector renormalizations by nearly conformal dynamics are
critical. In the original models of conformal sequestering it was necessary to
impose hidden sector flavor symmetries to achieve the sequestered form. We
present models which can evade this requirement and lead to no-scale or anomaly
mediated boundary conditions; but the necessary structures do not seem generic.
More generally, the ratios of scalar masses to gaugino masses, the -term,
the -term, -terms, and the gravitino mass can be significantly
affected.Comment: 23 pages, no figure
Light GUT Triplets and Yukawa Splitting
Triplet-mediated proton decay in Grand Unified Theories (GUTs) is usually
suppressed by arranging a large triplet mass. Here we explore instead a
mechanism for suppressing the couplings of the triplets to the first and second
generations compared to the Yukawa couplings, so that the triplets' mass can be
below the GUT scale. This mechanism is based on a ``triplet symmetry'' in the
context of product-group GUTs. We study two possibilities. One, which requires
the top Yukawa to arise from a non-renormalizable operator at the GUT scale, is
that all triplet couplings to matter are negligible, so that the triplets can
be at the weak scale. The second is that some triplet couplings, and in
particular and , are equal to the corresponding
Yukawa couplings. This would give a distinct signature of grand unification if
the triplets were sufficiently light. However, we derive a model-independent
bound on the triplet mass in this case, which is at least 10GeV. Finally,
we construct a GUT model based on Yukawa splitting, with the triplets at
10GeV, as required for coupling unification to work.Comment: 5 pages, Revtex4, 1 EPS figure. To appear in PRD: Minor changes.
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Models of Dynamical Supersymmetry Breaking with Gauged Symmetry
We present simple models of dynamical supersymmetry breaking with gauged
U(1)_R symmetry. The minimal supersymmetric standard model and supersymmetric
SU(5) GUT are considered as the visible sector. The anomaly cancellation
conditions for U(1)_R are investigated in detail and simple solutions of the
R-charge assignments are found. We show that this scenario of dynamical
supersymmetry breaking is phenomenologically viable with the gravitino mass of
order 1 TeV or 10 TeV.Comment: 15 pages, uses REVTEX macro, No figure
Dynamical completions of generalized O'Raifeartaigh models
We present gauge theory completions of Wess-Zumino models admitting
supersymmetry breaking vacua with spontaneously broken R-symmetry. Our models
are simple deformations of generalized ITIY models, a supersymmetric theory
with gauge group Sp(N), N+1 flavors plus singlets, with a modified tree level
superpotential which explicitly breaks (part of) the global symmetry. Depending
on the nature of the deformation, we obtain effective O'Raifeartaigh-like
models whose pseudomoduli space is locally stable in a neighborhood of the
origin of field space, or in a region not including it. Hence, once embedded in
direct gauge mediation scenarios, our models can give low energy spectra with
either suppressed or unsuppressed gaugino mass.Comment: 21 pages, 1 figure; v3: reference adde
Neutrino Parameters, Abelian Flavor Symmetries, and Charged Lepton Flavor Violation
Neutrino masses and mixings have important implications for models of fermion
masses, and, most directly, for the charged lepton sector. We consider
supersymmetric Abelian flavor models, where neutrino mass parameters are
related to those of charged leptons and sleptons. We show that processes such
as \tau to \mu\gamma, \mu to e\gamma and \mu-e conversion provide interesting
probes. In particular, some existing models are excluded by current bounds,
while many others predict rates within reach of proposed near future
experiments. We also construct models in which the predicted rates for charged
lepton flavor violation are below even the proposed experimental sensitivities,
but argue that such models necessarily involve loss of predictive power.Comment: 27 pages, refs added, published versio
The GUT Scale and Superpartner Masses from Anomaly Mediated Supersymmetry Breaking
We consider models of anomaly-mediated supersymmetry breaking (AMSB) in which
the grand unification (GUT) scale is determined by the vacuum expectation value
of a chiral superfield. If the anomaly-mediated contributions to the potential
are balanced by gravitational-strength interactions, we find a
model-independent prediction for the GUT scale of order . The GUT threshold also affects superpartner masses, and can easily
give rise to realistic predictions if the GUT gauge group is asymptotically
free. We give an explicit example of a model with these features, in which the
doublet-triplet splitting problem is solved. The resulting superpartner
spectrum is very different from that of previously considered AMSB models, with
gaugino masses typically unifying at the GUT scale.Comment: 17 page
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