34 research outputs found
The Higgs Mass and the Stueckelberg Mechanism in Supersymmetry
We investigate a class of theories where the mass of the lightest Higgs boson
of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) can be larger than the Z
gauge boson mass at tree level. In this context the MSSM fields feel a new
force, whose corresponding gauge boson attains its mass through the
Stueckelberg mechanism. We show how one can achieve a Higgs mass around 126 GeV
without assuming a heavy stop spectrum or a large stop trilinear term. The
application of this class of models to the conservation of R-parity is also
discussed.Comment: to appear in Physical Review
Supersymmetry at the LHC and The Theory of R-parity
We discuss the possible signatures at the Large Hadron Collider in models
where R-parity is spontaneously broken. In the context of the minimal gauge
theory for R-parity, we investigate signals with multileptons which can provide
an unique test of this theory. The possible impact of these ideas for the
search of supersymmetry at the Large Hadron Collider is discussed. We also
discuss the constraints coming from cosmology due to the existence of two light
sterile neutrinos in the theory
On the Higgs Mass and Perturbativity
The predictions for the Higgs mass in extensions of the Minimal
Supersymmetric Standard Model are discussed. We propose a simple theory where
the Higgs mass is modified at tree-level and one can achieve a mass around 125
GeV without assuming heavy stops or large left-right mixing in the stop sector.
All the parameters in the theory can be perturbative up to the grand unified
scale, and one predicts the existence of new colored fields at the TeV scale.
We refer to this model as Adjoint MSSM. We discuss the main phenomenological
aspects of this scenario and the possible signatures at the Large Hadron
Collider.Comment: title and format changed, new plot, to appear in Physics Letters
The upside of minimal left-right supersymmetric seesaw in deflected anomaly mediation
The state of the standard model of particle physics is reviewed focusing on
two of it's major issues: the hierarchy problem and its inconsistency with observed
neutrino masses. Supersymmetry, an elegant solution to the former, and the seesaw
mechanism in left-right models, a natural solution to the latter, are then introduced.
The work then focuses on a specific supersymmetric left-right models, which has an
additional discrete symmetry allowing a prediction of the seesaw scale at around
1011 GeV--consistent with neutrino oscillation data. It also solves the μ problem
and guarantees automatic R-parity conservation and a pair of light doubly-charged
Higgses which can be searched for at the LHC.
This model has interesting properties in the context of anomaly mediated
supersymmetry breaking (AMSB). After a brief introduction to this topic, it is
shown that this model is an instance of the Pomarol Rattazzi model of deflected
AMSB. The tachyonic slepton problem of AMSB is solved in a combination of two
ways: the right-handed sleptons are saved by their couplings to the low energy
doubly-charged fields while the left-handed sleptons receive positive contributions
from the partially decoupled D-terms. The resulting phenomenology is similar to
that of mimimal AMSB due to the gaugino spectrum; however, same generation
mass differences in the sfermion sector are much larger than that of mAMSB and
the right-handed selectron can be as massive as the squarks. Finally, this model also
contains a mechanism for solving the EWSB problem of AMSB and a dark matter
candidate
The Minimal SUSY Model: From the Unification Scale to the LHC
This paper introduces a random statistical scan over the high-energy initial
parameter space of the minimal SUSY model--denoted as the MSSM.
Each initial set of points is renormalization group evolved to the electroweak
scale--being subjected, sequentially, to the requirement of radiative and
electroweak symmetry breaking, the present experimental lower bounds on the
vector boson and sparticle masses, as well as the lightest neutral Higgs
mass of 125 GeV. The subspace of initial parameters that satisfies all
such constraints is presented, shown to be robust and to contain a wide range
of different configurations of soft supersymmetry breaking masses. The
low-energy predictions of each such "valid" point - such as the sparticle mass
spectrum and, in particular, the LSP - are computed and then statistically
analyzed over the full subspace of valid points. Finally, the amount of
fine-tuning required is quantified and compared to the MSSM computed using an
identical random scan. The MSSM is shown to generically require less
fine-tuning.Comment: 65 pages, 18 figure
Spontaneous R-Parity Breaking, Stop LSP Decays and the Neutrino Mass Hierarchy
The MSSM with right-handed neutrino supermultiplets, gauged B-L symmetry and
a non-vanishing sneutrino expectation value is the minimal theory that
spontaneously breaks R-parity and is consistent with the bounds on proton
stability and lepton number violation. This minimal B-L MSSM can have a
colored/charged LSP, of which a stop LSP is the most amenable to observation at
the LHC. We study the R-parity violating decays of a stop LSP into a bottom
quark and charged leptons--the dominant modes for a generic "admixture" stop. A
numerical analysis of the relative branching ratios of these decay channels is
given using a wide scan over the parameter space. The fact that R-parity is
violated in this theory by a vacuum expectation value of a sneutrino links
these branching ratios directly to the neutrino mass hierarchy. It is shown how
a discovery of bottom-charged lepton events at the LHC can potentially
determine whether the neutrino masses are in a normal or inverted hierarchy, as
well as determining the theta_23 neutrino mixing angle. Finally, present LHC
bounds on these leptoquark signatures are used to put lower bounds on the stop
mass.Comment: 13 pages, 2 figures, upgraded stop lower bound analysis, version
accepted by PL
TeV Scale Spontaneous R-Parity Violation
Understanding the origin or absence of the R-parity violating interactions in
the minimal supersymmetric Standard Model is a vital and open issue. Here we
show that in the minimal B-L models, R-parity and B-L are spontaneously broken
at the TeV scale. We also briefly discuss the phenomenological and cosmological
aspects of these scenarios.Comment: Based on a plenary talk given by P.F.P. at PPC09, OU, May 2009 and
talk given by S.S. at SUSY09, Northeastern Univ., Boston, June 200