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Soft Supersymmetry-breaking terms and the \mu problem
The connection between Supergravity and the low-energy world is analyzed. In
particular, the soft Supersymmetry-breaking terms arising in Supergravity, the
problem and various solutions proposed to solve it are reviewed. The soft
terms arising in Supergravity theories coming from Superstring theory are also
computed and the solutions proposed to solve the problem, which are
naturally present in Superstrings, are also discussed. The soft terms
associated are given for the different solutions. Finally, the low-energy
Supersymmetric-spectra, which are very characteristic, are obtained.Comment: Based on talks given at different Conferences, 33 pages, late
Optical Unification
We discuss string scale unification facilitated by exotic matter with masses
at intermediate scales, between the observable sector supersymmetry breaking
scale and the string scale. We point out a mechanism by which string scale
unification may occur while producing a (lower) virtual unification scale
independent of the location of the intermediate scale and the value of the
string coupling. The apparent unification obtained by extrapolating low energy
gauge couplings is not accidental when this mechanism is invoked; virtual
unification is robust.Comment: 9 pages, references adde
Precise prediction for the Higgs-Boson Masses in the SSM
The SSM is a simple supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model
(SM) capable of predicting neutrino physics in agreement with experiment. In
this paper we perform the complete one-loop renormalization of the neutral
scalar sector of the SSM with one generation of right-handed neutrinos
in a mixed on-shell/ scheme. The renormalization
procedure is discussed in detail, emphasizing conceptual differences to the
minimal (MSSM) and next-to-minimal (NMSSM) supersymmetric standard model
regarding the field renormalization and the treatment of non-flavor-diagonal
soft mass parameters, which have their origin in the breaking of -parity in
the SSM. We calculate the full one-loop corrections to the neutral
scalar masses of the SSM. The one-loop contributions are supplemented
by available MSSM higher-order corrections. We obtain numerical results for a
SM-like Higgs boson mass consistent with experimental bounds. We compare our
results to predictions in the NMSSM to obtain a measure for the significance of
genuine SSM-like contributions. We only find minor corrections due to
the smallness of the neutrino Yukawa couplings, indicating that the Higgs boson
mass calculations in the SSM are at the same level of accuracy as in
the NMSSM. Finally we show that the SSM can accomodate a Higgs boson
that could explain an excess of events at as reported by CMS, as well as the excess of events observed at LEP at a similar mass scale.Comment: Version published in EPJC. Numerical analysis improved, numerical
results for NMSSM comparison changed accordingly, overall conclusions
unchanged. 56 pages, 12 figure
Soft supersymmetry-breaking terms from supergravity and superstring models
We review the origin of soft supersymmetry-breaking terms in N=1 supergravity
models of particle physics. We first consider general formulae for those terms
in general models with a hidden sector breaking supersymmetry at an
intermediate energy scale. The results for some simple models are given. We
then consider the results obtained in some simple superstring models in which
particular assumptions about the origin of supersymmetry breaking are made.
These are models in which the seed of supersymmetry breaking is assumed to be
originated in the dilaton/moduli sector of the theory.Comment: 24 pages, to appear in the book `Perspectives on Supersymmetry',
World Scientific, Editor G. Kane; some comments and references adde
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