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Setting Limits on Supersymmetry Using Simplified Models
Published on: November 15, 2013
Collider Interplay for Supersymmetry, Higgs and Dark Matter.
O Buchmueller1, M Citron1, J Ellis2
1High Energy Physics Group, Blackett Lab., Imperial College, Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2AZ UK.
Future colliders like the LHC and FCC-hh can search for supersymmetry (SUSY) and test the constrained minimal supersymmetric standard model (CMSSM). Discovering SUSY will allow precise measurements, while non-discovery will guide searches in specific parameter regions.
Area of Science:
- High Energy Physics
- Supersymmetry Searches
- Particle Cosmology
Background:
- The Constrained Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (CMSSM) is a leading theoretical framework for physics beyond the Standard Model.
- Future particle colliders offer enhanced capabilities for discovering or constraining supersymmetric particles.
- Precision measurements of electroweak parameters and Higgs boson properties are crucial for testing fundamental theories.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the physics reach of future collider runs (LHC, FCC-ee, FCC-hh) for discovering or excluding supersymmetry within the CMSSM.
- To explore how precision measurements at these colliders can constrain CMSSM parameters and test its predictions at the loop level.
- To investigate strategies for supersymmetry searches in different CMSSM parameter regions, including those favored by recent analyses.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of physics reach for supersymmetry searches via [Formula: see text] events at the LHC.
- Simulation of sparticle mass measurements using the MT2 variable for LHC discoveries.
- Assessment of precision electroweak and Higgs measurements at FCC-ee (TLEP) and LHC.
- Exploration of discovery prospects for CMSSM benchmark points at FCC-hh.
Main Results:
- LHC searches are expected to cover low-mass CMSSM parameter regions favored by global analyses.
- Discovery of low-mass supersymmetry would enable precise sparticle mass measurements at the LHC, constraining CMSSM parameters.
- FCC-ee measurements of sleptons would yield high precision for CMSSM parameters [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text].
- If supersymmetry is not discovered at the LHC, future colliders like FCC-hh are crucial for probing specific CMSSM parameter strips.
Conclusions:
- Future collider experiments, including the LHC, FCC-ee, and FCC-hh, are vital for comprehensive exploration of the CMSSM.
- A combination of discovery and precision measurements will provide robust tests of supersymmetry at the loop level.
- The proposed colliders offer complementary reach, ensuring that key regions of the CMSSM parameter space can be probed.
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