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Setting Limits on Supersymmetry Using Simplified Models
Published on: November 15, 2013
Pragmatic approach to the little hierarchy problem: the case for dark matter and neutrino physics
Bohdan Grzadkowski1, José Wudka
1Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Warsaw, Hoza 69, PL-00-681 Warsaw, Poland. bohdan.grzadkowski@fuw.edu.pl
Abstract:
We show that the addition of real scalars (gauge singlets) to the standard model can both ameliorate the little hierarchy problem and provide realistic dark matter candidates. To this end, the coupling of the new scalars to the standard Higgs boson must be relatively strong and their mass should be in the 1-3 TeV range, while the lowest cutoff of the (unspecified) UV completion must be > or ~ 5 TeV, depending on the Higgs boson mass and the number of singlets present. The existence of the singlets also leads to realistic, and surprisingly reach, neutrino physics. The resulting light neutrino mass spectrum and mixing angles are consistent with the constraints from the neutrino oscillations.
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