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Closing the Universe by relaxing the cosmological constant
We propose a string-inspired model which correlates several aspects of
particle physics and cosmology. Inspired by the flat directions and the absence
of adjoint Higgs representations found in typical string models, we consider a
no-scale supergravity model. This model entails well
determined low-energy phenomenology, such as the value of the neutralino dark
matter relic abundance and a negative contribution to the vacuum energy. A
positive contribution to the vacuum energy is also typically present in string
theory as a consequence of the running of the fundamental constants towards
their fixed point values. If these two contributions cancel appropriately, one
may end up with a vacuum energy which brings many cosmological observations
into better agreement with theoretical expectations. The present abundance of
neutralinos would then be fixed. We delineate the regions of parameter space
allowed in this scenario, and study the ensuing predictions for the sparticle
and Higgs-boson masses in this model.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures (included), Latex, CTP-TAMU-06/9
A supergravity explanation of the CDF event
We present a unified no-scale supergravity model with a light gravitino that
can naturally explain the observed event at CDF via
right-handed selectron pair-production. The full spectrum of our model can be
described in terms of a single parameter and can be distinguished from
alternative proposals in the literature. Ongoing and future runs at LEP 2
should be able to probe the full allowed parameter space via acoplanar diphoton
events from production.Comment: 10 pages, LaTeX, 4 figures (included
in supergravity models
We compute the supersymmetric contribution to
in a
variety of supergravity models. We find R^{\rm susy}_b\lsim0.0004, which does
not shift significantly the Standard Model prediction
( for m_t=160\GeV). An improvement in experimental
precision by a factor of four would be required to be sensitive to such an
effect.Comment: 5 pages, LaTeX, 1 figure (included)
No-scale supergravity confronts LEP diphoton events
We examine the possibility that some anomalous acoplanar diphoton events
observed at LEP may be consistent with the predictions of our previously
proposed one-parameter no-scale supergravity model with a light gravitino, via
the process e^+e^- -> chi chi -> gamma gamma+E_miss. We find that one such
event may indeed be consistent with the model predictions for m_chi \approx
(60-70) GeV. This region of parameter space is also consistent with the
selectron and chargino interpretations of the CDF ee gamma gamma + E_T,miss
event.Comment: 9 pages, LaTeX, 4 figures (included). Updated to include full LEP161
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